TY - JOUR
T1 - Extreme Weather Events and Their Health Impacts
T2 - International Variation
AU - Chu, Lingzhi
AU - Wang, Pin
AU - Qiu, Minghao
AU - Abadi, Azar M.
AU - Chen, Kai
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PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - Climate change intensifies extreme weather events, and these events trigger cascading health impacts. Understanding the spatial variation of extreme weather events and their health impacts is critical for building tailored adaptation strategies. This review examines the trends in extreme weather events (including temperature extremes, floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, and wildfires), their linkages with climate change, the health impacts of these events, the global variations in the climate links and health impacts, and recommended adaptation policies. We found regional differences in observed trends and future projections in extreme weather events and discussed the associated uncertainty. Evidence on the global variations in health impacts is mixed and scarce, with differential hot spots identified by event type and by study. Adaptation policies should be designed and implemented in a holistic manner, including pre-event resilience building, during-event responses, and post-event recovery.
AB - Climate change intensifies extreme weather events, and these events trigger cascading health impacts. Understanding the spatial variation of extreme weather events and their health impacts is critical for building tailored adaptation strategies. This review examines the trends in extreme weather events (including temperature extremes, floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, and wildfires), their linkages with climate change, the health impacts of these events, the global variations in the climate links and health impacts, and recommended adaptation policies. We found regional differences in observed trends and future projections in extreme weather events and discussed the associated uncertainty. Evidence on the global variations in health impacts is mixed and scarce, with differential hot spots identified by event type and by study. Adaptation policies should be designed and implemented in a holistic manner, including pre-event resilience building, during-event responses, and post-event recovery.
KW - climate change
KW - extreme weather events
KW - global variation
KW - public health
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105035004543
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090924-033314
DO - 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-090924-033314
M3 - Review article
C2 - 41442643
AN - SCOPUS:105035004543
SN - 0163-7525
VL - 47
SP - 325
EP - 347
JO - Annual Review of Public Health
JF - Annual Review of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -