Biodiversity, Physical Health and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Recent Evidence

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Highlights:  Biodiversity, health and climate change have multi-scale and interdependent links  Few studies explicitly connect climate change with biodiversity and physical health  The full extent of human health impacts from biodiversity losses is unclear  Action is needed due to climate projections, biodiversity losses and health demands  New research agendas demand ambitious, multidisciplinary & cross-sector approaches Abstract We are at a point of history marked by unprecedented changes in the environmental foundations of human health and wellbeing. At the same time, the demands from human populations have never been greater with profound differences in how we engage with the natural environment. By the middle of this century, when climate change impacts are further increasing, the United Nations expects the