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Under the climate change scenario, measuring these variables is fundamental to developing adaptation strategies for maintaining the workers\u2019 well-being. However, when dealing with this high data volume from distinctive factors, traditional techniques are insufficient to extract all information effectively. Therefore, computational intelligence and data analytics tools can enhance data processing and analysis. Machine learning techniques have been successfully applied to occupational health and climate contexts. This paper explores the literature regarding applying these techniques to investigate the effects of climate change on occupational health. We conducted a systematic review through five scientific databases guided by three research questions, resulting in 24 selected papers. 75% of the papers screened used primary data collected from wearable sensors to monitor the well-being of workers, where we identified a trend of using supervised machine learning techniques, especially classification and regression algorithms, such as SVM, RF, and KNN. The remaining focus is on using secondary data from national databases to investigate the risk, with a trend of using feature selection techniques and classification tasks. Considering this topic is relatively new, we developed an agenda to guide future research, with suggestions to follow the trends found in this review and highlight the potential of expanding to multiple future research paths.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1578558","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,16]],"date-time":"2025-06-16T05:23:41Z","timestamp":1750051421000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Investigation of the usage of machine learning to explore the impacts of climate change on occupational health: a systematic review and research agenda"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Guilherme Neto","family":"Ferrari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gislaine Camila Lapasini","family":"Leal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paulo Cesar","family":"Ossani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edwin Vladimir Cardoza","family":"Galdamez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3351","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph17103351","article-title":"Decent work, ILO\u2019S response to the globalization of working life: basic concepts and global implementation with special reference to occupational health","volume":"17","author":"Rantanen","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int J Environ Res Public Health"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-020-10050-7","article-title":"Economic burden of work injuries and diseases: a framework and application in five European Union countries","volume":"21","author":"Tompa","year":"2021","journal-title":"BMC Public Health"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"105724","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ssci.2022.105724","article-title":"Risk assessment of fatal accidents due to work at heights activities using fault tree analysis: case study in Malaysia","volume":"151","author":"Zermane","year":"2022","journal-title":"Saf Sci"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"63","DOI":"10.20473\/ijosh.v11i1.2022.63-71","article-title":"The relationship between personal factors and behavior of using personal protective equipment on workers","volume":"11","author":"Parawansa","year":"2022","journal-title":"Indones J Occup Saf Health"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"380","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ssci.2018.04.027","article-title":"Are workers at risk of occupational injuries due to heat exposure? 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