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The uncertain health impacts of climate change - a new study in the Netherlands

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A new study commissioned by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and carried out by the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University assesses the potential impacts of climate change on human health in the Netherlands. The researchers asked health experts to rate the level of uncertainty attached to different health impacts of climate change. As a result, heat-related deaths and vector-borne diseases were indicated as particularly relevant to climate change adaptation.

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Themes Climate change Health and health facilities Governance
Country and region Netherlands, the
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