Climate change and the incidence of food poisoning in England and Wales

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Bentham ◽  
Ian H. Langford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
England And Wales

A re-evaluation of the impact of temperature and climate change on foodborne illness

2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (11) ◽  
pp. 1538-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. R. LAKE ◽  
I. A. GILLESPIE ◽  
G. BENTHAM ◽  
G. L. NICHOLS ◽  
C. LANE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Foodborne Illnesses ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Illness Burden ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

SUMMARYThe effects of temperature on reported cases of a number of foodborne illnesses in England and Wales were investigated. We also explored whether the impact of temperature had changed over time. Food poisoning, campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, Salmonella Typhimurium infections and Salmonella Enteritidis infections were positively associated (P<0·01) with temperature in the current and previous week. Only food poisoning, salmonellosis and S. Typhimurium infections were associated with temperature 2–5 weeks previously (P<0·01). There were significant reductions also in the impact of temperature on foodborne illnesses over time. This applies to temperature in the current and previous week for all illness types (P<0·01) except S. Enteritidis infection (P=0·079). Temperature 2–5 weeks previously diminished in importance for food poisoning and S. Typhimurium infection (P<0·001). The results are consistent with reduced pathogen concentrations in food and improved food hygiene over time. These adaptations to temperature imply that current estimates of how climate change may alter foodborne illness burden are overly pessimistic.

scholarly journals Probabilistic impacts of climate change on flood frequency using response surfaces I: England and Wales

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1215-1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Kay ◽  
S. M. Crooks ◽  
H. N. Davies ◽  
C. Prudhomme ◽  
N. S. Reynard
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Response Surfaces ◽  
Flood Frequency ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals Is there an impact of climate change on soil carbon contents in England and Wales?

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Barraclough ◽  
P. Smith ◽  
F. Worrall ◽  
H. I. J. Black ◽  
A. Bhogal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change

Adapting to climate change: Public water supply in England and Wales

2006 ◽  
Vol 78 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 227-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel W. Arnell ◽  
E. Kate Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Public Water Supply ◽  
England And Wales

New build homes, resilience and environmental justice – current and future trends in flood risk under climate change across England and Wales

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Rözer ◽  
Swenja Surminski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
National Level ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Loss And Damage ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Face

&lt;p&gt;Despite improvements in the management of risk from climate related hazards and the introduction of new regulations, loss and damage caused by climate related hazards remains high. An important driver in many parts of the world is the continuation of new assets being built in hazard prone locations. Over the last decade over 120,000 new homes in England and Wales have been built in areas affected by different types of flooding. While the yearly rates of new homes in areas affected by river, coastal or surface water flooding have increased only moderately on the national level, significant differences between and within regions as well as between different flood types exist. Using property level data on new homes built over the last decade and information on the socio-economic development of neighbourhoods, we analyse spatial clusters of disproportional increase in exposure to single or multiple types of flooding from recently built homes and investigate how these patterns evolve under different future climate change scenarios. We find that a disproportionately higher number of homes built in struggling or declining neighbourhoods between 2008 and 2018 is expected to end up in areas at a high risk of flooding over their lifetime as a result of climate change. Based on these findings, we discuss issues regarding future spending on flood protection and affordability of flood insurance in the face of climate change as well as the transferability of the findings to other climate related hazards.&lt;/p&gt;

The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Poisoning Cases in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Artika Hassan* ◽  
Jamal Hisham Hashim ◽  
Anthony Capon ◽  
Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin ◽  
Mohd Syazwan Faisal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation

2011 ◽  
Vol 150 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. DACCACHE ◽  
C. KEAY ◽  
R. J. A. JONES ◽  
E. K. WEATHERHEAD ◽  
M. A. STALHAM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
Land Suitability ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Supplementary Irrigation ◽  
Emissions Scenario

SUMMARYThe viability of commercial potato production is influenced by spatial and temporal variability in soils and agroclimate, and the availability of water resources where supplementary irrigation is required. Soil characteristics and agroclimatic conditions greatly influence the cultivar choice, agronomic husbandry practices and the economics of production. Using the latest (UKCP09) scenarios of climate change for the UK, the present paper describes a methodology using pedo-climatic functions and a geographical information system (GIS) to model and map current and future land suitability for potato production in England and Wales. The outputs identify regions where rainfed production is likely to become limiting and where future irrigated production would be constrained due to shortages in water availability. The results suggest that by the 2050s, the area of land that is currently well or moderately suited for rainfed production would decline by 88 and 74%, respectively, under the ‘most likely’ climate projections for the low emissions scenario and by 95 and 86%, respectively, for the high emissions scenario, owing to increased likelihood of dry conditions. In many areas, rainfed production would become increasingly risky. However, with supplementary irrigation, c. 0·85 of the total arable land in central and eastern England would remain suitable for production, although most of this is in catchments where water resources are already over-licensed and/or over-abstracted; the expansion of irrigated cropping is thus likely to be constrained by water availability. The increase in the volume of water required due to the switch from rainfed- to irrigated-potato cropping is likely to be much greater than the incremental increase in water demand solely on irrigated potatoes. The implications of climate change on the potato industry, the adaptation options and responses available, and the uncertainty associated with the land suitability projections, are discussed.

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