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Calibrating to scale: a framework for humanitarian health organizations to
anticipate, prevent, prepare for and manage climate-related health risks
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Nayna Schwerdtle P
; Irvine E
; Brockington S
; Devine C
; Guevara M
; Bowen KJ
Global Health
2020[Jun]; 16
(1
): 54
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Climate Change is adversely affecting health by increasing human vulnerability
and exposure to climate-related stresses. Climate change impacts human health
both directly and indirectly, through extreme weather events, changing
distribution of health risks, increased risks of undernutrition, population
displacement, and greater risks of injuries, disease, and death (Ebi, K.,
Campbell-Lendrum, D., & Wyns, A. The 1. 5 health report. WHO. 2018). This risk
amplification is likely to increase the need for humanitarian support. Recent
projections indicate that under a business as usual scenario of sustained
greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could double the demand for humanitarian
assistance by 2050 (World Health Organization. Operational Framework for building
climateresilient health systems. WHO. 2015). Humanitarian assistance is currently
not meeting the existing needs, therefore, any additional burden is likely to be
highly challenging.Global health advocates, researchers, and policymakers are
calling for urgent action on climate change, yet there is little clarity on what
that action practically entails for humanitarian organizations. While some
humanitarian organizations may consider themselves well designed to respond,
climate change as a transversal threat requires the incorporation of a resilience
approach to humanitarian action and policy responses.By bringing together authors
from two historically disparate fields - climate change and health, and
humanitarian assistance - this paper aims to increase the capacity of
humanitarian organizations to protect health in an unstable climate by presenting
an adapted framework. We adapted the WHO operational framework for
climate-resilient health systems for humanitarian organizations and present
concrete case studies to demonstrate how the framework can be implemented. Rather
than suggest a re-design of humanitarian operations we recommend the application
of a climate-lens to humanitarian activities, or what is also referred to as
mainstreaming climate and health concerns into policies and programs. The
framework serves as a starting point to encourage further dialogue, and to
strengthen collaboration within, between, and beyond humanitarian organizations.
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