Feeling a vested interest in the subject, I find that there is a surprisingly large literature on or related to it. (newscientist.com)
Regarding the unfortunately large literature on potential health effects, it generally assumes warming in the 3 - 4 degree C range, making it mostly politically motivated (government funded) alarmist speculation. (judithcurry.com)
Several large literature reviews, including those conducted by the US Task Force on Community Preventive Services, 20,28 one conducted by a British Task Force, 30 and a 2000 study by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Care, 31 revealed strong evidence to support the effectiveness of perinatal and early childhood programs in preventing child abuse and neglect but no effect when paraprofessionals were used as visitors. (pediatrics.aappublications.org)