Climate Change Impacts on Workplace Health and Safety

Climate change has become the primary serious human and environmental threat of the 21st century and, with associated variability, it presents enormous potential to affect workers' safety and health. This book delivers vital information regarding climate change adaptation measures and workplace health and safety interventions across diverse sectors.

This edited book delivers relevant information for specialists and academics to compare good practices across different sectors to help improve workplace safety and health as climate change factors continue to impact indoor and outdoor workplaces. In addition, it highlights the impact of extreme heat exposure and risk of climate-related chronic diseases, which could impact productivity, occupational safety adherence and wellbeing of workers. It also covers the impact of reduced work capacity due to climate change variability on the jobs undertaken. Comprehensive, up-to-date and including the latest references and cutting-edge case studies, this book reveals to the reader how to adapt accordingly for the impacts of climate change and to understand what the key issues are likely to be.

Climate Change Impacts on Workplace Health and Safety: Adaptations, Interventions and Responses is a sobering but essential read for academics, researchers and professionals in health, safety, and environment (HSE) roles, occupational health engineering and environmental health specialists. Its appeal will extend to climate change scientists, epidemiologists and business and management professionals.

Haruna Musa Moda is Associate Professor and Department Head of Environmental Health and Safety at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar. Dr. Moda is actively engaged in research, consultancy, and knowledge transfer projects in the UK, West Africa, and Middle East in occupational safety and health, climate change adaption, and safety response among outdoor workers, e-waste management, and workers’ safety behaviour. Dr. Moda is a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and belongs to several professional bodies, including Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB), Higher Education Academy, Association of Industrial Hygiene, Nigeria, and Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.

Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh is Assistant Professor at the Department of Occupational Health Engineering and Head of International Affairs at Kashan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Kashan, Iran and serves as chair of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) bureau. Dr. Khoshakhlagh’s research interest is in the aspect of chemical agents’ exposure at workplaces and Occupational Toxicology. Aside from his research, Dr. Khoshakhlagh is involved in the design of ventilation systems for several industries in Iran. To date, Dr. Khoshakhlagh has authored six books.

Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska is Associate Professor at the AGH University of Krakow, Poland, where she is the leader of the Health and Environmental Risk Analysis Team (HERAT). Dr. Gruszecka-Kosowska was a fellow at the European Food Risk Assessment (EU-FORA) Fellowship Programme, Cycle 2021-2022, University of Granada (INYTA-CIBM). She was a Guest Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, under the fellowship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation DBU. She has authored and coauthored over 50 scientific publications, over 20 conference proceedings, and 3 books on the topics of environmental pollution, human and environmental risk assessment, and environmental epidemiology.

Ravi Rangarajan is Assistant Professor in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Doha, Qatar. He completed his doctorate in philosophy in Interdisciplinary Earth System Science and Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, specializing in mass spectrometry and environmental chemistry and is a recipient of the Council of Industrial and Scientific Research Fellowship from the government of India for his Ph.D. dissertation work. Subsequently, he obtained his post-doctoral research experience from the National Taiwan University, Taiwan (R.O.C.), and was a research professor in Environmental and Public Health at St. John’ s Academy of Health Sciences, India. He is an established environmental health and safety specialist with research interests in climate change, environmental management and its implications, health and wellbeing, occupational health safety, and toxicology.

Kishwar Ali is Assistant Professor at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar. His principal research focus is comprehensive climate change analysis, with a special emphasis on Qatar’s dry ecosystem. Dr. Ali and his international collaborators are working on cutting-edge research that involves predictive modelling of ethnomedicinally valuable plant species endemic to their research area. Dr. Ali makes substantial contributions to plant sciences and environmental studies through his leadership and dedication.

Fred Saleh is Associate Dean at the College of Health Sciences at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar. With a research focus on the biomarkers of DNA damage following environmental exposure, his work has significantly contributed to our understanding of the link between environmental factors and health outcomes. Dr. Saleh’s ongoing research and dedication to his field underscore his commitment to improving health outcomes by studying environmental impacts. His work continues to inspire students and colleagues alike, making him a respected figure in the field of environmental health.

Michael Phillips is Director of Applied Research, Innovation and Economic Development at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar. He is also the UNESCO Chair on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Sustainable Development, the QAPCO Professional Chair in Vocational Education, and the coordinator of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Center. He has served as an Adjunct Professor in Canada, Iceland, and Malaysia. He is a Director and Trustee of the US Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF) Inc., where his role includes Regional Vice-President for the Middle East. He has created interdisciplinary clusters to achieve applied research, business, and commercialization goals, and has integrated TVET into new models of Work Based Learning and Enterprise Education.