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The ENBEL project, that brings together climate change and health researchers, has made a series of five short educational videos to give more information on how climate change effects our health and what we can do about it.
People tend to think that climate mitigation or adaptation policies are very costly. But are we really aware of the health effects that can be attributed to climate change and related costs? Heatwaves and droughts and other climate extremes are expected to increase in intensity and frequency casing substantial economic burden. In this educational video (4/6), Dr. Hedi Kriit from Umeå and Heidelberg Universities talks about how health effects in relation to climate change can be valued economically and monetary and be included in a cost-benefit analysis with climate adaptation and mitigation policies.
The topics covered by the other four educational videos are air pollution, environmental and occupational heat, vulnerable groups and minorities, heat health action plans, protection of workers in a changing climate and the CHANCE network for climate change and health in Africa.
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Video 3/6 on heat health adaptation plans
Video 5/6 on protecting workers in a changing climate
Video 6/6 on the CHANCE network for collaboration in/with Africa
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The ENBEL project supports EU policy making by bringing together leaders in climate change and health research through a network of major international health and climate research projects under the Belmont Forum’s Collaborative Research Action (CRA), Societal Challenge 1 and 5 of EU’s Horizon 2020, and other national and international funding schemes. This network develops evidence syntheses and co-produces with stakeholders a series of tailor-made knowledge products. The key thematic focus is on environmental and occupational heat, air pollution (including from wildfires) and climate-sensitive infectious diseases, with specific attention given to high-risk groups and populations.
Published in Climate-ADAPT Jan 16, 2024 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Apr 4, 2024
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