Human Health Aspects of
Adaptation to CCs
Climate change and human health
Presented by IIED
Hannah Reid, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), introduced the group “Capacity Strengthening of Civil Society in the Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change,” and a project to raise awareness of, and mainstream, climate change in health planning.
Sumaya ZakieLdeen, Sudanese Environment Conservation Society, Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, and Khumbo Kamanga, Coordination Unit for the Rehabilitation of the Environment, Malawi, highlighted research showing that correlations between temperature, rainfall and malaria differ across geographical zones in their countries.
Krystel Dossou, Women’s Organization for the Management of Energy, Environment, and the Promotion of Integrated Development, outlined a study on peri-urban and urban malaria, which found that climate change will cause an increase in the occurrence and treatment costs of this disease.
George Kasali, Energy and Environmental Concerns for Zambia, described increases of rabies, plague, malaria, dysentery and respiratory diseases related to climate change in his country.
Mizanur Rahman, Caritas Fisheries Program, highlighted linkages between climate change, increased salinity and health impacts, including hypertension, in Bangladesh.
Bimal Raj Regmi, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development, described the relationship between typhoid, temperature and precipitation in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
Kristie Ebi, IPCC, emphasized the need to raise awareness of climate change impacts in the health sector.
Participants discussed: climate change and health in relation to gender, socioeconomic factors and urban areas; and the need for better health data and modeling.
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