How worsening air quality affects the wellbeing of respiratory disease patients

Climate change is exacerbating threats to human health, especially affecting the health and well-being of those suffering from respiratory diseases. 

Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing at least 238,000 premature deaths per year, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). Bad air quality also provokes illnesses like asthma, cardiovascular disease, or cancer. 

The situation is exacerbated due to climate change, with increasingly frequent heat waves and increasing pollen amounts in the air - which has a profound effect on the quality of life of respiratory patients. 

In this series of articles, Euractiv takes a look at the climate change effects of those suffering from respiratory diseases and the political actions needed to address this.

• Pollen and heat waves increasingly affect people with respiratory diseases

  News | Health 15-09-2023

  Est. 5min
  

  Increasingly frequent heat waves due to climate change, and rising pollen amounts in the air are impacting the quality of life of respiratory patients, a report has found. 

• Respiratory diseases patients particularly affected by climate change

  Interview | Health 15-09-2023

  Est. 5min
  

  Climate change is a global challenge and a problem for all, “but it's true that patients with respiratory diseases are particularly affected," the vice president of the European Federation of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Patients Association (EFA) told Euractiv.

• Lung Health Inequality: Patient perspectives on the impact of climate change on respiratory wellbeing

   Video | Health 22-11-2023

  Health and climate policy experts converged in Milan to participate at a roundtable event organised by Chiesi. The purpose of the event was to discuss the findings of a new survey, part of a report published by Economist Impact and …

• Poor air quality is impacting quality of life of people with lung conditions, and climate change is exacerbating the problem, according to a patient survey

  Opinion | Promoted content | Health 07-09-2023

  Est. 5min
  

  The United Nations General Assembly designated today, 7 September, as the International Day of Clean Air. But the air we breathe globally is still not clean enough, and climate change is aggravating the situation, harming people's health …

Health

Pollen and heat waves increasingly affect people with respiratory diseases

15/09/2023

5 min. read

Health

interview

Respiratory diseases patients particularly affected by climate change

15/09/2023

4 min. read

Health

video

Lung Health Inequality: Patient perspectives on the impact of climate change on respiratory wellbeing

22/11/2023

1 min. read

Health

opinion Promoted content

Poor air quality is impacting quality of life of people with lung conditions, and climate change is exacerbating the problem, according to a patient survey

07/09/2023

5 min. read