Impacts of Climate Change on Allergens and Allergic Diseases

Paul Beggs is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney. In 2009 he was awarded the Eureka Prize for Medical Research for his research on the impacts of climate change on allergens and allergic diseases. He was a contributing author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2007, the same year the IPCC won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the President of the International Society of Biometeorology from 2008–11.

1. Introduction Paul J. Beggs; 2. Impacts of climate change on aeroallergen production and atmospheric concentration Annette Menzel and Susanne C. Jochner; 3. Impacts of climate change on the distributions of allergenic species Linda J. Beaumont and Daisy E. Duursma; 4. Impacts of climate change on aeroallergen dispersion, transport, and deposition Mikhail Sofiev and Marje Prank; 5. Impacts of climate change on allergenicity Jeroen T. M. Buters; 6. Impacts of climate change on allergen seasonality Lewis H. Ziska; 7. Impacts of climate change on indoor allergens Ginger L. Chew and Shubhayu Saha; 8. Interactions among climate change, air pollutants, and aeroallergens Patrick L. Kinney, Kate R. Weinberger and Rachel L. Miller; 9. Impacts of climate change on allergic diseases Constance H. Katelaris; 10. Synthesis and conclusion Paul J. Beggs and Lewis H. Ziska.