TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative analysis of climate-risk and extreme event-related impacts on well-being and health
T2 - Policy implications
AU - Filho, Walter Leal
AU - Al-Amin, Abul Quasem
AU - Nagy, Gustavo J.
AU - Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
AU - Wiesböck, Laura
AU - Ayal, Desalegn Y.
AU - Morgan, Edward A.
AU - Mugabe, Paschal
AU - Aparicio-Effen, Marilyn
AU - Fudjumdjum, Hubert
AU - Jabbour, Charbel Jose Chiappetta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2018/2/13
Y1 - 2018/2/13
N2 - There are various climate risks that are caused or influenced by climate change. They are known to have a wide range of physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. Apart from damages to the physical environment, many climate risks (climate variability, extreme events and climate-related hazards) are associated with a variety of impacts on human well-being, health, and life-supporting systems. These vary from boosting the proliferation of vectors of diseases (e.g., mosquitos), to mental problems triggered by damage to properties and infrastructure. There is a great variety of literature about the strong links between climate change and health, while there is relatively less literature that specifically examines the health impacts of climate risks and extreme events. This paper is an attempt to address this knowledge gap, by compiling eight examples from a set of industrialised and developing countries, where such interactions are described. The policy implications of these phenomena and the lessons learned from the examples provided are summarised. Some suggestions as to how to avert the potential and real health impacts of climate risks are made, hence assisting efforts to adapt to a problem whose impacts affect millions of people around the world. All the examples studied show some degree of vulnerability to climate risks regardless of their socioeconomic status and need to increase resilience against extreme events.
AB - There are various climate risks that are caused or influenced by climate change. They are known to have a wide range of physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. Apart from damages to the physical environment, many climate risks (climate variability, extreme events and climate-related hazards) are associated with a variety of impacts on human well-being, health, and life-supporting systems. These vary from boosting the proliferation of vectors of diseases (e.g., mosquitos), to mental problems triggered by damage to properties and infrastructure. There is a great variety of literature about the strong links between climate change and health, while there is relatively less literature that specifically examines the health impacts of climate risks and extreme events. This paper is an attempt to address this knowledge gap, by compiling eight examples from a set of industrialised and developing countries, where such interactions are described. The policy implications of these phenomena and the lessons learned from the examples provided are summarised. Some suggestions as to how to avert the potential and real health impacts of climate risks are made, hence assisting efforts to adapt to a problem whose impacts affect millions of people around the world. All the examples studied show some degree of vulnerability to climate risks regardless of their socioeconomic status and need to increase resilience against extreme events.
KW - Adaptation strategies
KW - Adaptive capacity
KW - Climate-change adaptation
KW - Environmental risk
KW - Extreme events
KW - Health
KW - Socioeconomic issues
KW - Vulnerability
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph15020331
DO - 10.3390/ijerph15020331
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 29438345
AN - SCOPUS:85042300341
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 15
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 2
M1 - 331
ER -