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Synopsis While the world is nearly unanimous about the adverse effect of climate change, there is difference of opinion between the developing and developed countries about their causes and mitigation policies. Most of the increased human activities are concentrated mainly in the high income industrialized countries of the world. Such a finding is evident from the fact of the per-capita carbon dioxide emission from the consumption and flaring of fossil fuel. Such mercuric rise in global warming had a strong negative impact on health, more so, human health on account of creation of congenial atmosphere for fast propagation of various diseases. Warmer, wetter conditions promote the spread of both the mosquitoes that transmit malaria and the pathogens that cause the most serious forms of diarrhea in developing countries. In line with this trend, the present volume deals with the impact of climate change caused by warm climate on human health. The book also addresses the emission of excessive greenhouse gases and its effect on health. In other words, the volume seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impact on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond, with particular focus on the health sector. The book has been structured in two sections to explain the sources and impact of climate change on human health, besides looking at some initiatives taken throughout the world to overcome the problem. This book is believed to serve the interests of postgraduate students and researchers on human health and environment, public health specialists, government officials and medical practitioners.