Geographic Hotspots for World Bank Action on Climate Change and Health
In the last five years, the number of voices calling for stronger international action on climate change and health has increased, as has the scale and depth of activities. But current global efforts in climate and health are inadequately integrate...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/209401495434344235/Geographic-hotspots-for-World-Bank-action-on-climate-change-and-health-investing-in-climate-change-and-health-series http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27810 |
| Summary: | In the last five years, the number of
voices calling for stronger international action on climate
change and health has increased, as has the scale and depth
of activities. But current global efforts in climate and
health are inadequately integrated. As a result, actions to
address climate change including World Bank Group investment
and lending are missing opportunities to simultaneously
promote better health outcomes and resilience.This paper
begins by identifying the health impacts that are being felt
today and that are projected to worsen in the future without
efforts to ensure health considerations are central to any
and all climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.
Chapter 1 includes an outline of the scope of health impacts
from climate change and its drivers, the means of
transmission, and a description of the drivers of climate
change, and their sources. Chapter 2 describes the
methodology used to identify these nations and determine
their preparedness for coping with these impacts. Chapter 3
identifies hotspot countries based on this analysis, and
narrows the focus to those countries that are both most
likely to bear the brunt of a greater burden of disease and
death from climate change and climate drivers, and that are
the least ready to cope. Coping mechanisms through
mitigation and adaptation measures, are outlined in Chapter
4, as are the multiple benefits that can be expected from
multi-sector, concerted efforts to address health impacts
from climate change, and its drivers. |
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