Decision-support tools to build climate resilience against emerging infectious diseases in Europe and beyond

Rocklöv, Joacim, Semenza, Jan C., Dasgupta, Shouro, Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-4950-0183, Abd El Wahed, Ahmed, Alcayna, Tilly, Arnés-Sanz, Cristina, Bailey, Meghan, Bärnighausen, Till, Bartumeus, Frederic, Borrell, Carme, Bouwer, Laurens M., Bretonnière, Pierre-Antoine, Bunker, Aditi, Chavardes, Chloe, Van Daalen, Kim R., Encarnação, João, González-Reviriego, Nube, Guo, Junwen, Johnson, Katie, Koopmans, Marion P.G., Máñez Costa, María, Michaelakis, Antonios, Montalvo, Tomás, Omazic, Anna, Palmer, John R.B., Preet, Raman, Romanello, Marina, Shafiul Alam, Mohammad, Sikkema, Reina S., Terrado, Marta, Treskova, Marina, Urquiza, Diana and Lowe, Rachel (2023) Decision-support tools to build climate resilience against emerging infectious diseases in Europe and beyond. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 32. ISSN 2666-7762

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Abstract

Climate change is one of several drivers of recurrent outbreaks and geographical range expansion of infectious diseases in Europe. We propose a framework for the co-production of policy-relevant indicators and decision-support tools that track past, present, and future climate-induced disease risks across hazard, exposure, and vulnerability domains at the animal, human, and environmental interface. This entails the co-development of early warning and response systems and tools to assess the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures across sectors, to increase health system resilience at regional and local levels and reveal novel policy entry points and opportunities. Our approach involves multi-level engagement, innovative methodologies, and novel data streams. We take advantage of intelligence generated locally and empirically to quantify effects in areas experiencing rapid urban transformation and heterogeneous climate-induced disease threats. Our goal is to reduce the knowledge-to-action gap by developing an integrated One Health—Climate Risk framework.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-lancet-r...
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute Management
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2023 13:42
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 19:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/119944

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