Building capacity on climate change and human health across stakeholders

Yashwaree Baguant-Moonshiram, Dooshanveer Nuckchady and Mansi Sevita Baguant

Chapter 19 in The Elgar Companion to Energy and Sustainability, 2024, pp 295-307 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis. With the poorest people largely uninsured, health shocks and stresses already currently push around 100 million people into poverty every year, with the impacts of climate change worsening this trend. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress. These climate-sensitive health risks are disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, including women, children, ethnic minorities, poor communities, migrants or displaced persons, older populations, and those with underlying health conditions. The impacts of climate change on health will be most keenly felt in low and middle-income countries. Capacity building and multi-sectoral approach with national partners are vital components in adapting to climate change.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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