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  • Chapter 21 - Impact of Weather and Climate Change on Mass Gathering Events

  • Edited by William J. Brady, University of Virginia, Mark R. Sochor, University of Virginia, Paul E. Pepe, Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors Global Alliance, Florida, John C. Maino II, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, K. Sophia Dyer, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Massachusetts
  • Book:
    Mass Gathering Medicine
    Published online:
    11 April 2024
    Print publication:
    18 April 2024, pp 305-319

  • Summary

    Weather plays a major role in the safe execution of mass gathering events (MGE). It poses notable health-related challenges due to forecasting reliability and relative unpredictability, but risks can be mitigated with thoughtful planning and threat assessment, bolstered by the presence of appropriate on-scene medical resources and transport plans. Although MGE have historically been cultural and recreational events, climate change and a variety of downstream impacts have also led to nearly continuous large-scale human migration. Mobile MGE are now present at any given time throughout the world and many are amassed on nation-state borders. It is likely that this will increasingly become the norm, and lessons learned from more conventional MGE medical responses will help meet the needs of this new frontier in mass gathering medicine.