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A multidisciplinary group of researchers from the University of Exeter and the UK Health Security Agency encourage consideration of potential interactions between urban green spaces, vector-borne diseases, and climate change

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A multidisciplinary group of researchers from the University of Exeter and the UK Health Security Agency encourage consideration of potential interactions between urban green spaces, vector-borne diseases, and climate change

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Overview of the individual and overlapping effects of climate change, urban green spaces, and vector-borne diseases

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Credit: Ferguson et al., 2026, PLOS Climate, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

As our world continues to warm, a multidisciplinary group of researchers from the University of Exeter and the UK Health Security Agency encourage consideration of potential interactions between urban green spaces, vector-borne diseases, and climate change as we work to increase public health benefits and reduce risks.

 

Article URL: https://plos.io/4zYYJi1

Article Title: Balancing urban green space benefits and vector-borne disease risk under climate change: Critical decision-making for 21st century public health 

Author Countries: United Kingdom

Funding: This work was supported by workshop funding from the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, as part of their Think Tank programme. JG, BW, CG, TT, GH, JM and CB acknowledge funding support through the Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions which is supported by UKRI through its Securing better health, ageing and wellbeing strategic theme, [grant number ES/Z504245/1]. BW and MF are supported by an NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award (NIHR303612). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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