Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for Climate Change-Related Health Impacts, Risks, Adaptation, and Resilience

Kristie L. Ebi, Christopher Boyer, Kathryn J. Bowen, Howard Frumkin and Jeremy Hess
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Kristie L. Ebi: School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Christopher Boyer: School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Kathryn J. Bowen: University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
Howard Frumkin: Our Planet, Our Health, Wellcome Trust, London NW1 2BE, UK
Jeremy Hess: School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Climate change poses a range of current and future health risks that health professionals need to understand, track, and manage. However, conventional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as practiced in the health sector, including the use of indicators, does not adequately serve this purpose. Improved indicators are needed in three broad categories: (1) vulnerability and exposure to climate-related hazards; (2) current impacts and projected risks; and (3) adaptation processes and health system resilience. These indicators are needed at the population level and at the health systems level (including clinical care and public health). Selected indicators must be sensitive, valid, and useful. And they must account for uncertainties about the magnitude and pattern of climate change; the broad range of upstream drivers of climate-sensitive health outcomes; and the complexities of adaptation itself, including institutional learning and knowledge management to inform iterative risk management. Barriers and constraints to implementing such indicators must be addressed, and lessons learned need to be added to the evidence base. This paper describes an approach to climate and health indicators, including characteristics of the indicators, implementation, and research needs.

Keywords: adaptation; climate change; climate-sensitive health risks; indicators; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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