IAP in collaboration with Save the Children presents this book of case studies that illustrate systems solutions for climate change and health policies, to build governments’ awareness of multi-sectoral, systems-based studies and policies. The project builds on the IAP ‘Climate Change and Health’ project, as well as the Save the Children’s new strategic initiative ‘Climate and Health: Accelerating action on climate with health benefits’.
Selected case studies focus on the linkages between climate and health in four thematic areas:
The authors of the selected case studies took part in a workshop at the IAP headquarters in Trieste from 5-7 September 2023, where an expert committee reviewed their submissions and presentations. The case studies were then edited to make them more accessible to a broader audience, including policymakers, and peer-reviewed for publication.
Bangladesh - Community engagement to reduce dengue transmission in Dhaka, p.27-34
Bangladesh - Aquifer storage and recovery technology for irrigation water supply, p.35-46
Benin - Lessons from the formulation of a National Adaptation Plan, p.47-54
Brazil - Climate, air pollution and socioeconomic vulnerability: a research platform to implement policies to improve environmental health, p.55-64
Ethiopia - Mapping the urban overheating hazard and its driving factors in Addis Ababa, p.65-76
Ghana - Co-production methodologies to deliver city-level flood resilience and reduce health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa, p.77-86
India - The health benefits of response actions to air pollution and extreme heat in Ahmedabad, p.87-96
Malaysia - A technology-based approach to predicting fire risk in tropical peatland and developing a transboundary haze alert system, p.97-106
Malaysia - The Urban Heat Island phenomenon and its impacts on vulnerable groups, p.107-116
Philippines - Building climate-resilient local health systems, p.117-128
South Africa - Using machine learning to map bioclimatic zones and crop yields in water-scarce conditions, p.129-138
South Africa - Addressing heat-health threats among women, infants and children in primary healthcare settings, p.139-148
Thailand - The link between mental health and ecosystem health in Indigenous farming communities, p.149-158
Lao, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka - Systems thinking to estimate the health co-benefits of climate action, p.159-168
Sub-Saharan Africa - Food security and resilience using a small-scale funding model, p.169-177
