%0 Journal Article %T Assessment of mortality risk in Poland due to cold and heat stress %J Climate Change Research %I Golestan University %Z 2717-2066 %A Błażejczyk, Krzysztof %A Błażejczyk, Anna %A Baranowski, Jarosław %A Kuchcik, Magdalena %D 2020 %\ 12/21/2020 %V 1 %N 4 %P 67-75 %! Assessment of mortality risk in Poland due to cold and heat stress %K Heat stress %K Cold stress %K mortality %K climate change %K adaptation %R 10.30488/ccr.2020.252534.1028 %X Cold and heat stress are environmental factors influencing the state of health of individuals and the wider population. There is a large body of research to document significant increases in mortality and morbidity during cold and heat waves in every climate zone. In spite of the well-documented nature of heat/cold-related health problems, only in few countries local or national authorities have developed any special adaptation strategies for their healthcare systems (HCS), with a view to addressing predicted increases in the frequency and severity of cold- and heat-stress events. Such strategies draw on epidemiological and climatological research. For example in Poland in the years 2012-2015 research project pursued to study regional differentiation in climate-related diseases in Poland, with regional-level predictions for their occurrence through to 2100. The results of the project were applied in a national strategy for adaptation to climate change This paper presents key results of the part of this project dealing with heat- and cold related mortality in various regions of Poland. Overall, in the near future a 4-28% increase in the number of days imposing heat stress is anticipated, and may result in heat-related mortality significantly higher by the last decade of the 21st century than in the years 1991-2000 (at a level between 137 and 277%). %U https://ccr.gu.ac.ir/article_119414_d06060a4766c868590de8f39eab13d33.pdf