A Comparative Analysis of Climate-Risk and Extreme Event-Related Impacts on Well-Being and Health: Policy Implications.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Volume: 15

Issue: 2

Year of Publication: 2018

Affiliated Institutions:  School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M GD, UK. walter.leal@haw-hamburg.de. Institute of Energy Policy and Research (IEPRe), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Kajang , Malaysia. Al.Amin@uniten.edu.my. Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales (IECA), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo , Uruguay. gnagy@fcien.edu.uy. Department of Biology & CESAM Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, - Aveiro, Portugal. ulisses@ua.pt. Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Rooseveltplatz , Vienna, Austria. laura.wiesboeck@univie.ac.at. Center for Food Security Studies (CFSS), College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. desalula@gmail.com. Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD , Australia. ed.morgan@griffith.edu.au. Research and Transfer Center,"Sustainability and Climate Change Management", Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet , Hamburg, Germany. paschalmugabe@hotmail.com. Facultad de Medicina-Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura (IBBA), Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Unidad de Cambio Climático, Ambiente y Salud, Claudio Sanjinez S/N, Miraflores, La Paz, Bolivia. marilyneffen@gmail.com. Research and Transfer Center,"Sustainability and Climate Change Management", Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet , Hamburg, Germany. fudjumh@yahoo.fr. Montpellier Research in Management, Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France, cjcjabbour@gmail.com. cjcjabbour@gmail.com.

Abstract summary 

There are various climate risks that are caused or influenced by climate change. They are known to have a wide range of physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. Apart from damages to the physical environment, many climate risks (climate variability, extreme events and climate-related hazards) are associated with a variety of impacts on human well-being, health, and life-supporting systems. These vary from boosting the proliferation of vectors of diseases (e.g., mosquitos), to mental problems triggered by damage to properties and infrastructure. There is a great variety of literature about the strong links between climate change and health, while there is relatively less literature that specifically examines the health impacts of climate risks and extreme events. This paper is an attempt to address this knowledge gap, by compiling eight examples from a set of industrialised and developing countries, where such interactions are described. The policy implications of these phenomena and the lessons learned from the examples provided are summarised. Some suggestions as to how to avert the potential and real health impacts of climate risks are made, hence assisting efforts to adapt to a problem whose impacts affect millions of people around the world. All the examples studied show some degree of vulnerability to climate risks regardless of their socioeconomic status and need to increase resilience against extreme events.

Authors & Co-authors:  Leal Filho Walter W Al-Amin Abul Quasem AQ Nagy Gustavo J GJ Azeiteiro Ulisses M UM Wiesböck Laura L Ayal Desalegn Y DY Morgan Edward A EA Mugabe Paschal P Aparicio-Effen Marilyn M Fudjumdjum Hubert H Chiappetta Jabbour Charbel Jose CJ

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Ebi K., Bowen K. Extreme events as sources of health vulnerability: Drought as an example. Weather Clim. Extrem. 2016;11:95–102. doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.001.
Authors :  11
Identifiers
Doi : 331
SSN : 1660-4601
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Climate Change
Other Terms
adaptation strategies;adaptive capacity;climate-change adaptation;environmental risk;extreme events;health;socioeconomic issues;vulnerability
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
Switzerland