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ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2023

Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in Australia: challenges, adaptation strategies, and policy gaps.

Rongbin Xu, Pei Yu, Yanming Liu, Gongbo Chen, Zhengyu Yang, Yiwen Zhang, Yao Wu, Paul J Beggs, Ying Zhang, Jennifer Boocock and 20 more

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Review in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. A Geospatial Linkage Analysis of Environmental Exposures, Socioeconomic Profile and Health Outcomes Among Women of Reproductive Age in Victoria, Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026
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  4. Forty Years of the Ottawa Charter. Why Healthy Public Policy Still Matters for Health Equity in Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors.

Rongbin XuClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Pei YuClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Yanming LiuClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Gongbo ChenClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Zhengyu YangClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Yiwen ZhangClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Yao WuClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Paul J BeggsFaculty of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Ying ZhangSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Jennifer BoocockMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia.
Fei JiNSW Department of Planning and Environment, Sydney, NSW 2150, Australia.
Ivan HaniganWHO Collaborating Centre for Climate Change and Health Impact Assessment, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia.
Ollie JayHeat and Health Research Incubator, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Peng BiSchool of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Nicole VargasHeat and Health Research Incubator, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Karin LederSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Donna GreenSchool of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Katie QuailSchool of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Rachel HuxleyFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia.
Bin JalaludinSchool of Population Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Wenbiao HuSchool of Public Health & Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
Martine DennekampEnvironment Protection Authority Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia.
Sotiris VardoulakisHealthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Angie BoneMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Jonathan AbrahamsMonash University Disaster Resilience Initiative, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Fay H JohnstonMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia.
Richard BroomeThe New South Wales Ministry of Health, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia.
Tony CaponMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
Shanshan LiClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Yuming GuoClimate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change presents a major public health concern in Australia, marked by unprecedented wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts, and the spread of climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Despite these challenges, Australia's response to the climate crisis has been inadequate and subject to change by politics, public sentiment, and global developments. This study illustrates the spatiotemporal patterns of selected climate-related environmental extremes (heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and droughts) across Australia during the past two decades, and summarizes climate adaptation measures and actions that have been taken by the national, state/territory, and local governments. Our findings reveal significant impacts of climate-related environmental extremes on the health and well-being of Australians. While governments have implemented various adaptation strategies, these plans must be further developed to yield concrete actions. Moreover, Indigenous Australians should not be left out in these adaptation efforts. A collaborative, comprehensive approach involving all levels of government is urgently needed to prevent, mitigate, and adapt to the health impacts of climate change.

Indexed as

Climate adaptationClimate changeHealth impactsPolicy gapsRisk assessment

Identifiers

PMID38116505
PMCPMC10730315

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Registered trials

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