Achieving a cleaner, more sustainable, and healthier future

Chan, Margaret

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61080-7

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“…Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement and greater momentum in the health community for action on climate change [ 11 , 12 , 17 ], national governments are beginning or continuing to evaluate potential public health adaptation options. These findings demonstrate that while some countries have yet to report prioritizing, planning or implementing public health adaptation, others can serve as models and provide a learning opportunity for governments to incorporate the key dimensions for national-level governance of public health adaptation.…”

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“…Indirect impacts are also expected, and include compromised food security, exacerbation of mental health problems, and a magnification of social gradients in health (the stratification of health outcomes by socioeconomic status [ 2 , 3 ]) [ 4 , 5 ]. Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest threats to health globally this century, and leading medical associations and the World Health Organization have called for increased action to prepare for impacts [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in OECD Countries

Austin

Biesbroek

Berrang‐Ford

et al. 2016

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Climate change is a major challenge facing public health. National governments play a key role in public health adaptation to climate change, but there are competing views on what responsibilities and obligations this will—or should—include in different nations. This study aims to: (1) examine how national-level public health adaptation is occurring in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries; (2) examine the roles national governments are taking in public health adaptation; and (3) critically appraise three key governance dimensions of national-level health adaptation—cross-sectoral collaboration, vertical coordination and national health adaptation planning—and identify practical examples suited to different contexts. We systematically reviewed publicly available public health adaptation to climate change documents and webpages by national governments in ten OECD countries using systematic web searches, assessment of self-reporting, and content analysis. Our findings suggest national governments are primarily addressing infectious disease and heat-related risks posed by climate change, typically emphasizing capacity building or information-based groundwork initiatives. We find national governments are taking a variety of approaches to public health adaptation to climate change that do not follow expected convergence and divergence by governance structure. We discuss practical options for incorporating cross-sectoral collaboration, vertical coordination and national health adaptation planning into a variety of contexts and identify leaders national governments can look to to inform their public health adaptation planning. Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement and subsequent increased momentum for adaptation, research tracking adaptation is needed to define what health adaptation looks like in practice, reveal insights that can be taken up across states and sectors, and ensure policy orientated learning.

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Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in OECD Countries

Austin

Biesbroek

Berrang‐Ford

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“…The integration of human, animal, and environmental health has a long history ( 1 – 4 ). Recent financial, economic, social, environmental, and health crises have led to the renewed recognition that collaborative approaches between disciplines are urgently needed ( 5 , 6 ). The fear of emerging pandemics, as well as climate change, drug resistance, food and water security and safety, has caused a shift from an interdisciplinary approach, whereby experts collaborate across disciplinary boundaries, to a transdisciplinary approach that integrates society and science by including all stakeholders ( 5 , 7 , 8 ).…”

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A Blueprint to Evaluate One Health

Rüegg

McMahon

Häsler

et al. 2017

Front. Public Health

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One Health (OH) positions health professionals as agents for change and provides a platform to manage determinants of health that are often not comprehensively captured in medicine or public health alone. However, due to the organization of societies and disciplines, and the sectoral allocation of resources, the development of transdisciplinary approaches requires effort and perseverance. Therefore, there is a need to provide evidence on the added value of OH for governments, researchers, funding bodies, and stakeholders. This paper outlines a conceptual framework of what OH approaches can encompass and the added values they can provide. The framework was developed during a workshop conducted by the “Network for Evaluation of One Health,” an Action funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology. By systematically describing the various aspects of OH, we provide the basis for measuring and monitoring the integration of disciplines, sectors, and stakeholders in health initiatives. The framework identifies the social, economic, and environmental drivers leading to integrated approaches to health and illustrates how these evoke characteristic OH operations, i.e., thinking, planning, and working, and require supporting infrastructures to allow learning, sharing, and systemic organization. It also describes the OH outcomes (i.e., sustainability, health and welfare, interspecies equity and stewardship, effectiveness, and efficiency), which are not possible to obtain through sectoral approaches alone, and their alignment with aspects of sustainable development based on society, environment, and economy.

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“…This will generate costs for all of society and exacerbate inequality [6]. Opportunities to both mitigate climate change and protect health have received increasing attention in recent years [7,8]. Countries across the WHO European Region have varying capacities to assess the health effects of climate change [9,10].…”

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The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region

Wolf

Lyne

Martínez

et al. 2015

Climate

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Abstract:The evidence of observed health effects as well as projections of future health risks from climate variability and climate change is growing. This article summarizes new knowledge on these health risks generated since the IPCC fourth assessment report (AR4) was published in 2007, with a specific focus on the 53 countries comprising the WHO European Region. Many studies on the effects of weather, climate variability, and climate change on health in the European Region have been published since 2007, increasing the level of certainty with regard to already known health threats. Exposures to temperature extremes, floods, storms, and wildfires have effects on cardiovascular and respiratory health. Climate-and weather-related health risks from worsening food and water safety and security, poor air quality, and ultraviolet radiation exposure as well as increasing allergic diseases, vector-and rodent-borne diseases, and other climate-sensitive health outcomes also warrant attention and policy action to protect human health.

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Achieving a cleaner, more sustainable, and healthier future

Cited by 15 publications

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Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in OECD Countries

Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in OECD Countries

A Blueprint to Evaluate One Health

The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region

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