Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions

Background: Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water...

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Autores principales:	Catherine Machalaba, Cristina Romanelli, Peter Stoett, Sarah E. Baum, Timothy A. Bouley, Peter Daszak, William B. Karesh
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2015
Materias:	adaptation climate change environmental change global health multidisciplinary collaboration mitigation prevention Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1addd6ba4c4c4c669acbba5f91d8f2852021-12-02T06:00:34ZClimate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.002https://doaj.org/article/1addd6ba4c4c4c669acbba5f91d8f2852015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1518https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other societal disruptions. As the effects of climate change cannot be isolated from social and ecological determinants of disease that will mitigate or exacerbate forecasted health outcomes, multidisciplinary collaboration is critically needed. Objectives: The aim of this article was to review the links between climate change and its upstream drivers (ie, processes leading to greenhouse gas emissions) and health outcomes, and identify existing opportunities to leverage more integrated global health and climate actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to anthropogenic pressures. Methods: We conducted a literature review of current and projected health outcomes associated with climate change, drawing on findings and our collective expertise to review opportunities for adaptation and mitigation across disciplines. Findings: Health outcomes related to climate change affect a wide range of stakeholders, providing ready collaborative opportunities for interventions, which can be differentiated by addressing the upstream drivers leading to climate change or the downstream effects of climate change itself. Conclusions: Although health professionals are challenged with risks from climate change and its drivers, the adverse health outcomes cannot be resolved by the public health community alone. A phase change in global health is needed to move from a passive responder in partnership with other societal sectors to drive innovative alternatives. It is essential for global health to step outside of its traditional boundaries to engage with other stakeholders to develop policy and practical solutions to mitigate disease burden of climate change and its drivers; this will also yield compound benefits that help address other health, environmental, and societal challenges.Catherine MachalabaCristina RomanelliPeter StoettSarah E. BaumTimothy A. BouleyPeter DaszakWilliam B. KareshUbiquity Pressarticleadaptationclimate changeenvironmental changeglobal healthmultidisciplinary collaborationmitigationpreventionInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 81, Iss 3, Pp 445-458 (2015)
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topic	adaptation climate change environmental change global health multidisciplinary collaboration mitigation prevention Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	adaptation climate change environmental change global health multidisciplinary collaboration mitigation prevention Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Catherine Machalaba Cristina Romanelli Peter Stoett Sarah E. Baum Timothy A. Bouley Peter Daszak William B. Karesh Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions
description	Background: Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other societal disruptions. As the effects of climate change cannot be isolated from social and ecological determinants of disease that will mitigate or exacerbate forecasted health outcomes, multidisciplinary collaboration is critically needed. Objectives: The aim of this article was to review the links between climate change and its upstream drivers (ie, processes leading to greenhouse gas emissions) and health outcomes, and identify existing opportunities to leverage more integrated global health and climate actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to anthropogenic pressures. Methods: We conducted a literature review of current and projected health outcomes associated with climate change, drawing on findings and our collective expertise to review opportunities for adaptation and mitigation across disciplines. Findings: Health outcomes related to climate change affect a wide range of stakeholders, providing ready collaborative opportunities for interventions, which can be differentiated by addressing the upstream drivers leading to climate change or the downstream effects of climate change itself. Conclusions: Although health professionals are challenged with risks from climate change and its drivers, the adverse health outcomes cannot be resolved by the public health community alone. A phase change in global health is needed to move from a passive responder in partnership with other societal sectors to drive innovative alternatives. It is essential for global health to step outside of its traditional boundaries to engage with other stakeholders to develop policy and practical solutions to mitigate disease burden of climate change and its drivers; this will also yield compound benefits that help address other health, environmental, and societal challenges.
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title	Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions
title_short	Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions
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Climate Change and Health: Transcending Silos to Find Solutions

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