The Climate Change–Health Connection: Compounding Challenges for Scholars and Practitioners
Global climate change governance, global health governance and the connection between climate change and health—in both theory and practice—have been rising on national and international academic, scientific and government agendas. The connection has been addressed by multilateral organizations, suc...
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| Summary: | Global climate change governance, global health governance and the connection between climate change and health—in both theory and practice—have been rising on national and international academic, scientific and government agendas. The connection has been addressed by multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), plurilateral summit institutions such as the Group of Eight (G8), numerous non-governmental organizations in both the health and environmental spheres, academics in both fields and key national governments across the globe. Like so many issues, the climate-health connection was first identified by the scientific and academic community, but now government officials and policymakers are responding to the challenges and complexities that the connection has brought. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the G8 and the Major Economies Forum (MEF) along with regional organizations led by the Arctic Council and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have all dealt with this link. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently become active on the issue, with climate change serving as the theme for the 2008 World Health Assembly. But will scholars and practitioners be able to work together to solve the serious challenges that the climate-health connection has brought? |
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