Tools and Methods to Include Health in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies and Policies: A Scoping Review

Ianis Delpla, Thierno Amadou Diallo, Michael Keeling and Olivier Bellefleur
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Ianis Delpla: École Supérieure D’aménagement du Territoire et de Développement Régional (ESAD), Université Laval, Pavillon F-A. Savard, 2325, rue des Bibliothèques, local 1612, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Thierno Amadou Diallo: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, Montréal, QC H2P 1E2, Canada
Michael Keeling: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, Montréal, QC H2P 1E2, Canada
Olivier Bellefleur: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, Montréal, QC H2P 1E2, Canada

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: Climate change represents a serious threat to the health and well-being of populations. Today, many countries, regions, and cities around the world are implementing policies and strategies to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects. A scoping review was performed to identify tools and methods that help integrate health into climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and strategies. The literature search includes scientific and grey literature. The scientific literature was conducted using PubMed, Elsevier Embase, and Web of Science databases. A grey literature web search was performed to complement the results. A total of 35 studies (28 from the scientific literature and 7 from the grey literature) were finally included. A large majority of research articles (24/28) and almost all reports (6/7) from the grey literature were published after 2010. Results show that the tools that were found most frequently are the nested models (12/35), health impact assessment (6/35), vulnerability and adaptation assessment (3/35), conceptual frameworks (3/35), and mixed methods (3/35). This review shows an increasing interest in the topic of developing tools to better manage health issues in adaptation and mitigation strategies, with a recent increase in the number of publications. Additional analyses of tools’ effectiveness should be conducted in further studies.

Keywords: climate change policies; health; tools; adaptation; mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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