Section outline

    • This lecture explores the intersection of climate change and health, framed in a multi-tiered-approach. Here we explore issues such as heatwaves, food security, vector-borne disease and mental health issues as a result of climate change, their implications to health. This lecture also explores the benefits of adopting a public health approach in addressing the reality of climate change, with a possible win-win approach in policy making and strategic implementation.

      Further reading:
      https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01787-6/fulltext 

      Romanello, M., McGushin, A., Di Napoli, C., Drummond, P., Hughes, N., Jamart, L., Kennard, H., Lampard, P., Rodriguez, B.S., Arnell, N. and Ayeb-Karlsson, S., 2021. The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future. The Lancet, 398(10311), pp.1619-1662.


      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835258/  

      Orsetti, E., Tollin, N., Lehmann, M., Valderrama, V. A., & Morató, J. (2022). Building resilient cities: climate change and health interlinkages in the planning of public spaces. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(3), 1355.


      https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32822-8/fulltext  

      Swinburn, B. A., Kraak, V. I., Allender, S., Atkins, V. J., Baker, P. I., Bogard, J. R., ... & Dietz, W. H. (2019). The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: the Lancet Commission report. The Lancet, 393(10173), 791-846.

      The original slides presented in powerpoint can be downloaded from here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17IX2yVsI_w5yHfA9L-zvDR-KEeVxBPxE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104117054285749695337&rtpof=true&sd=true (file too big for QMplus; link will expire at the end of August 2023)