The following chart summarizes projections of vector-borne
disease distributions, focusing on the projected impacts of
climate change on malaria and dengue. The IPCC summarized the findings of various studies looking at the impacts
of climate change on different geographical regions in terms of vector-borne disease transmission. Due to the complexity of predicting climate change, the important factors of disease transmission and how these all
will interact in the future, the models all had to make assumptions on what contributing
factors to include, what initial parameter values to use and what possible
interactions or contributing factors to exclude.
According to the IPCC:
“Several modeling studies used the Special
Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) climate scenarios, a few applied
population scenarios, and none incorporated economic scenarios. Few studies
incorporate adequate assumptions about adaptive capacity” (Climate Change 2007:
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability).
*To see the complete charts (including more regions and other infectious
diseases) see the
IPCC webpage.
These are great tables, but without any text, do not really bring in much of your own interpretations, synthesis and thought. You could just list the link (as you have).
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