strategy
Undertaking interdisciplinary research on health effects of climate change
Description:
The support of interdisciplinary research into the study and forecasting of health impacts of climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion, focusing particularly on health outcomes. Context:
The relative newness of this topic means that there has been little formal research into the health impacts of climate change. Nevertheless, the topic has begun to be clarified by a combination of literature reviews, epidemiological studies, laboratory studies and predictive modelling. Much of the research cannot be done within a simple empirical framework. In order to forecast the likely health outcomes of exposure to future environmental scenarios, predictive models need to be developed that integrate disparate systems. This requires unusual reliance on an interdisciplinary approach.Interdisciplinary collaboration between partners has an important role to play in maintaining a watching brief on emerging environmental threats and on new scientific opportunities arising from research. Collaboration between partners will establish and facilitate interfaces between research and policy-making, if appropriate in partnership with other groups such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, industry and nongovernmental organizations. It will also balance "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches in priority-setting in the future and promote interdisciplinary approaches.
Broader:
Promoting healthResearching public healthAdapting health needs to climate changePromoting interdisciplinary research on climate change Narrower:
Undertaking research on health effects of increasing ultraviolet radiationCoordinating data and statistical systems to support long-term scientific assessment of the environment Facilitates:
Assessing local health needsResearching environmental indicatorsAssessing health costs of climate changeImproving environmental health monitoringAssessing health impacts of climate changeAssessing urban health and environmental conditionsDeveloping indicators for assessing health programmesAssessing health risks of industry and energy productionEvaluating cognitive effects of environmental health hazardsAssessing costs and financing to meet primary health care needsAssessing financing to reduce health risks from environmental pollution and hazards Facilitated by:
Teaching integrative scienceFacilitating interdisciplinary exchangesExpanding training of health research scientistsCollecting data on state of ecosystems and human healthImproving cooperation among environmental research programmesTraining specialists for interdisciplinary programmes on sustainable developmentStrengthening coordination and cooperation among research programmes on global change Problems:
Health risks of atmospheric destructionValues:
IllHealthChangeChangeableness Subjects:
Climatology → Climatology Communication → Promotion
Research, Standards → Research
Health Care → Health
Interdisciplinarity → Interdisciplinarity
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
