Climate change, conflict and health

Bowles, Devin C.; Butler, Colin; Morisetti, Neil

doi:10.1177/0141076815603234

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“…The role of humanitarian aid in improving water security is also an underexplored subject, documented in only two studies included in this review. Given the links between climate change and conflict (Bowles, Butler, & Morisetti, 2015), we anticipate that the emerging role of water insecurity in conflict and its implications for humanitarian aid interventions to be substantial and timely.…”

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Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

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Household water insecurity is a complex socioecological challenge with a range of consequences for health and wellbeing. Understanding individual and household‐level coping strategies, i.e., responses or adaptations to manage water insecurity, can shape future research and development practice. We therefore (a) systematically describe the characteristics and contexts of 173 studies documenting coping strategies and (b) classify the types of strategies within four domains of water insecurity: access, use, quality, and reliability. Most studies were from Sub‐Saharan Africa or South Asia. In the domain of access, the most common coping strategies were building infrastructure, and storing, purchasing, and sharing water. For use, changing food consumption, agricultural practices, and hygiene were most frequently mentioned. For quality, water treatment was the most common strategy. To ensure water reliability, people most frequently reported changing routines or relocating their homes altogether. Our review provides a useful framework to understand coping strategies, but more research is needed to address three gaps in particular. First, we recommend more representative exploration of the range of coping strategies, particularly in middle‐ and high‐income countries. Second, the links between coping with water insecurity and a range of other nutritional, social, financial, and health outcomes need to be better understood to address overall household wellbeing. Third, we recommend the development of a metric to quantify individual and household‐level water insecurity‐related coping strategies. This line of inquiry can enable practitioners to design and implement context‐specific interventions that leverage preexisting strategies to improve experiences of water insecurity. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Water Governance Engineering Water > Planning Water

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Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

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“…The year of 2015 ranks as the warmest ever recorded while the 10 warmest years on a 134year record have all occurred since 2000. There are already people being officially called "climate refugees," and the conflicts exacerbated by climate changes and extreme weather events are on the rise [23].…”

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Influence of Climate Changes on Health (Review)

Pop‐Jordanova

Grigorova²

2015

Prilozi

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Although climate changes are one of the most serious public health risks for all nations, it appears that the medical society in the East European countries is not too much concerned. The aim of this paper is to point out the main treats on health provoked by climate changes. The literature review was the source of information. Based on the PubMed where in 2015 more than 65,000 papers were dedicated to different aspects of the influence of the climate changes on the human health, as well as 3,500 articles for the pediatric population, we present a review of the main health risks. Especially, the impact of the climate changes on the children's health is overviewed. In separate parts, the thermal stress, extreme weather events, changes of infection's pattern, how to measure health risks as well as some mitigation measures are discussed.

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“…The most profound effects of climate change are likely to be on food, health systems and water, with cascading effects on various social systems 5 . This paper aims to provide an overview of the potential impact of climate change on food and water in China and the consequences of that impact on the population’s health.…”

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Climate change, food, water and population health in China

Tong

Berry

Ebi

et al. 2016

Bull. World Health Organ.

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Anthropogenic climate change appears to be increasing the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme weather events. Such events have already had substantial impacts on socioeconomic development and population health. Climate change’s most profound impacts are likely to be on food, health systems and water. This paper explores how climate change will affect food, human health and water in China. Projections indicate that the overall effects of climate change, land conversion and reduced water availability could reduce Chinese food production substantially – although uncertainty is inevitable in such projections. Climate change will probably have substantial impacts on water resources – e.g. changes in rainfall patterns and increases in the frequencies of droughts and floods in some areas of China. Such impacts would undoubtedly threaten population health and well-being in many communities. In the short-term, population health in China is likely to be adversely affected by increases in air temperatures and pollution. In the medium to long term, however, the indirect impacts of climate change – e.g. changes in the availability of food, shelter and water, decreased mental health and well-being and changes in the distribution and seasonality of infectious diseases – are likely to grow in importance. The potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change can only be avoided if all countries work together towards a substantial reduction in the emission of so-called greenhouse gases and a substantial increase in the global population’s resilience to the risks of climate variability and change.

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Climate change, conflict and health

Cited by 69 publications

References 19 publications

Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

Coping strategies for individual and household‐level water insecurity: A systematic review

Influence of Climate Changes on Health (Review)

Climate change, food, water and population health in China

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