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. 2014 Dec 12;11(12):12896–12914. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111212896

Table 2.

Working table 3: Potential climate-related hazards.

Climatic Variable Biophysical Category
Insert List of Relevant Health-Related Hazards
Temperature (Sheet 1) Ground-level ozone likely to increase with higher summer temperatures
Rainfall (Sheet 2) Reductions in rainfall—reduced water quality, water stress.
Sea-level (Sheet 3) Mosquito breeding sites may be affected
Extreme Events (Sheet 4) Heatwaves—direct heat-related effects, air quality
Bushfire—air quality, potential contamination of water supplies, impact on food production