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Climate Change and Allergic Diseases: A Scoping Review Publisher



Agache I1 ; Akdis C2, 3 ; Akdis M2 ; Alhemoud A4 ; Annesimaesano I5 ; Balmes J6 ; Cecchi L7 ; Damialis A8 ; Haahtela T9 ; Haber AL10 ; Hart JE10, 11 ; Jutel M12 ; Mitamura Y2 ; Mmbaga BT13 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Agache I1
  2. Akdis C2, 3
  3. Akdis M2
  4. Alhemoud A4
  5. Annesimaesano I5
  6. Balmes J6
  7. Cecchi L7
  8. Damialis A8
  9. Haahtela T9
  10. Haber AL10
  11. Hart JE10, 11
  12. Jutel M12
  13. Mitamura Y2
  14. Mmbaga BT13
  15. Oh JW14
  16. Ostadtaghizadeh A15
  17. Pawankar R16
  18. Johnson M10
  19. Renz H17
  20. Rice MB18
  21. Filho NAR19
  22. Sampath V10
  23. Skevaki C20
  24. Thien F21
  25. Traidlhoffmann C22, 23, 24
  26. Wong GWK25
  27. Nadeau KC10
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
  2. 2. Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
  3. 3. Christine Kuhne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
  4. 4. Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait
  5. 5. Institute Desbrest of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Montpellier and INSERM, Montpellier, France
  6. 6. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
  7. 7. Centre of Bioclimatology, University of Florence, Italy SOS Allergy and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
  8. 8. Terrestrial Ecology and Climate Change, Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  9. 9. Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  10. 10. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  11. 11. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
  12. 12. Department of Clinical Immunology, ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  13. 13. Department of Pediatrics, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
  14. 14. Department of pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  15. 15. Climate Change and Health Research Center (CCHRC), Institute for Environmental Research (IER) and Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  16. 16. Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
  17. 17. Institute of Laboratory Medicine, member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and the Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Laboratory of Immunopathology, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Moshi, Tanzania
  18. 18. Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
  19. 19. Federal University of Parana, Brazil
  20. 20. Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Philipps Universitat Marburg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany
  21. 21. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Health & Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  22. 22. Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Germany
  23. 23. Institute of environmental medicine, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Augsburg, Germany
  24. 24. CK CARE, Christine Kuhne Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
  25. 25. Department of Pediatrics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Source: Journal of Climate Change and Health Published:2024


Abstract

Introduction: Increased greenhouse gas emissions since the industrial age have led to higher global temperatures and frequency and severity of climate events, such as heat waves, wildfires, floods, and storms. These changes are adversely affecting human health and increasing disease risk, including risk of allergic diseases. Further understanding of the environmental factors and the cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating these increases can assist in developing strategies to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Materials and Methods: We conducted a scoping review of the literature from 2010 through 2024 using PubMed and Scopus. Results: Thunderstorms, dust storms, wildfires, and other climate change factors increase allergies both directly and indirectly through increases in particulate matter, pollen, migration of disease vectors and decreases in biodiversity. The epithelial barrier, hygiene, “old friends,” and biodiversity hypotheses have been put forward to explain the underlying mechanism mediating these increases. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to reduce the use of fossil fuels to mitigate climate change and protect planetary and human health. While international accords such as the 2015 Paris Agreement have been signed with the aim of lowering greenhouse gases and limiting future global temperature increases, it is clear that increased efforts are needed to meet these goals. Evidence-based solutions for adapting to the increased prevalence of allergic diseases and cost-benefit analysis of current mitigation strategies for lowering allergic diseases are also needed. © 2024 The Authors
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