Changing Heat: direct impacts of temperature on health and productivity - current risks and climate change projections

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/585408

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We know that heatwaves kill people - some 50,000 died in the 2003 European heatwave - but little is known of the details. This project will discover those details, in three important dimensions: WHO is at risk, and where do they live; HOW are people at risk, e.g. from kidney failure; and just WHAT is it about heat that is most dangerous? We will then build mathematical models of the future risks, and explore what public health measures will best protect Australians in a warming climate.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $277,915.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Adaptation | Climate change | Demographic changes - ageing and migration | Demographic impacts of ageing and migration | Direct health effects of heat and cold | Heatwaves and cold snaps | PGP8 | Processes of physiological and socioeconomic adaptation

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