An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat

Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of...

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Otros Autores:	NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
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Publicado:	ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean 2015
Materias:	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO SALUD ENFERMEDADES MALNUTRICION ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO PROMEDIO DE VIDA ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES ENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL ENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ENERGETICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH DISEASES MALNUTRITION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ENERGY POLICY
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spelling	oai-11362-385892015-08-03T16:20:47Z An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO SALUD ENFERMEDADES MALNUTRICION ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO PROMEDIO DE VIDA ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES ENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL ENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ENERGETICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH DISEASES MALNUTRITION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ENERGY POLICY Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the climate change-induced excess disease burden for two climate change scenarios in Montserrat for the period 2010 - 2050, and by estimating the monetary value associated with this excess disease burden. The diseases initially considered in this report are variety of vector and water-borne impacts and other miscellaneous conditions; specifically, malaria, dengue fever, gastroenteritis/diarrheal disease, schistosomiasis, leptospirosis, ciguatera poisoning, meningococcal meningitis, and cardio-respiratory diseases. Disease projections were based on derived baseline incidence and mortality rates, available dose-response relationships found in the published literature, climate change scenario population projections for the A2 and B2 IPCC SRES scenario families, and annual temperature and precipitation anomalies as projected by the downscaled ECHAM4 global climate model. Monetary valuation was based on a transfer value of statistical life approach with a modification for morbidity. Using discount rates of 1%, 2% and 4%, results show mean annual costs (morbidity and mortality) ranges of $0.61 million (in the B2 scenario, discounted at 4% annually) – $1 million (in the A2 scenario, discounted at 1% annually) for Montserrat. These costs are compared to adaptation cost scenarios involving increased direct spending on per capita health care. This comparison reveals a high benefit-cost ratio suggesting that moderate costs will deliver significant benefit in terms of avoided health burdens in the period 2010-2050. The methodology and results suggest that a focus on coordinated data collection and improved monitoring represents a potentially important no regrets adaptation strategy for Montserrat. Also the report highlights the need for this to be part of a coordinated regional response that avoids duplication in spending. .--I. Vector-Borne Diseases.--II. Water & Food -borne Diseases.--III. Meningococcal meningitis.-- IV. Cardiovascular & respiratory diseases.--V. Malnutrition &extreme events.-- I. Country context- Montserrat.--II. Methodology.--III. Highlights from the preliminary stages.--IV. Summary results from the projection stages.--V. Valuation of the excess statistical life burden.--VI. Life burden. 2015-07-13T18:57:35Z 2015-07-13T18:57:35Z 2011-10-22 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38589 LC/CAR/L.320 en .pdf application/pdf MONTSERRAT MONTSERRAT ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
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topic	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO SALUD ENFERMEDADES MALNUTRICION ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO PROMEDIO DE VIDA ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES ENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL ENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ENERGETICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH DISEASES MALNUTRITION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ENERGY POLICY
spellingShingle	DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE CAMBIO CLIMATICO SALUD ENFERMEDADES MALNUTRICION ANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO PROMEDIO DE VIDA ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES ENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL ENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS POLITICA AMBIENTAL ASPECTOS ECONOMICOS POLITICA ENERGETICA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH DISEASES MALNUTRITION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS LIFE EXPECTANCY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ECONOMIC ASPECTS ENERGY POLICY An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
description	Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the climate change-induced excess disease burden for two climate change scenarios in Montserrat for the period 2010 - 2050, and by estimating the monetary value associated with this excess disease burden. The diseases initially considered in this report are variety of vector and water-borne impacts and other miscellaneous conditions; specifically, malaria, dengue fever, gastroenteritis/diarrheal disease, schistosomiasis, leptospirosis, ciguatera poisoning, meningococcal meningitis, and cardio-respiratory diseases. Disease projections were based on derived baseline incidence and mortality rates, available dose-response relationships found in the published literature, climate change scenario population projections for the A2 and B2 IPCC SRES scenario families, and annual temperature and precipitation anomalies as projected by the downscaled ECHAM4 global climate model. Monetary valuation was based on a transfer value of statistical life approach with a modification for morbidity. Using discount rates of 1%, 2% and 4%, results show mean annual costs (morbidity and mortality) ranges of $0.61 million (in the B2 scenario, discounted at 4% annually) – $1 million (in the A2 scenario, discounted at 1% annually) for Montserrat. These costs are compared to adaptation cost scenarios involving increased direct spending on per capita health care. This comparison reveals a high benefit-cost ratio suggesting that moderate costs will deliver significant benefit in terms of avoided health burdens in the period 2010-2050. The methodology and results suggest that a focus on coordinated data collection and improved monitoring represents a potentially important no regrets adaptation strategy for Montserrat. Also the report highlights the need for this to be part of a coordinated regional response that avoids duplication in spending.
author2	NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
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title	An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
title_short	An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
title_full	An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
title_fullStr	An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
title_full_unstemmed	An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat
title_sort	economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in montserrat
publisher	ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38589
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An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat

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