As a general rule, the magnitude of risk increases with socioeconomic vulnerability Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions 57 CLIMATE, AIR POLLUTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY: A RESEARCH PLATFORM TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Figure 1: Percentage increase of hospital admissions associated with an inter-quartile change of temperature variability, expressed. [...] In Teresina, the minimum risk Figure 2: Relative risk (RR) of dying due to ambient temperature in 16 Brazilian cities Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions 59 CLIMATE, AIR POLLUTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY: A RESEARCH PLATFORM TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH temperature is 28 degrees Celsius. [...] exposure to air pollution from traffic) (da Motta Singer et al., 2023) 60 Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions CLIMATE, AIR POLLUTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY: A RESEARCH PLATFORM TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH The black spots in the pleural surface images (Figure 3) are foci of focal fibrosis with an accumulation of black carbon. [...] The level of air pollution creates health effects of different magnitudes depending Climate and Health: Science-based policy solutions 61 CLIMATE, AIR POLLUTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC VULNERABILITY: A RESEARCH PLATFORM TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH on a complex set of factors such as urban islands, poverty (e.g. [...] Knowledge produced by researchers in the humanities is also crucial for designing policies and appropriate interventions that consider the values and culture of the people affected.
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