Climate Change Impacts on Human Health & Communities : Addendum to the 2020 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change
Date
2022-09
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Trenton, N.J. : Department of Environmental Protection
Abstract
Since the middle of the twentieth century, the changes in weather patterns in combination with global population growth have led to an increase in human exposure to more severe heat waves,
forest fires, severe storms, droughts, and infectious disease vectors, with dire consequences to human health and communities. From a greater incidence of cardiovascular and respiratory dysfunction associated with extreme weather, to population displacement caused by rising sea-levels and increased flooding events, to the often-overlooked mental health toll that climate change has on individuals and communities, the vulnerability of the human population to climate change is tangible. The following sections describe how the impacts of climate change described in the 2020 New Jersey
Scientific Report on Climate Change may affect the human health and communities of New Jersey residents.
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This work was made possible with financial assistance from the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, as administered by the Office of Coastal Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Program through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Management Program, Bureau of Climate Resilience Planning.
Keywords
New Jersey, Climate change, Climatic changes - New Jersey