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Global Environmental Change and Human Health

Overview: This Module. Defines termsDiscusses the causes of vulnerability to disease and injury resulting from climate changeDescribes current and past examples of vulnerability to effects of heat, famine and stormsPoints to opportunities to reduce vulnerability and improve population health. De

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Global Environmental Change and Human Health

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    1. Global Environmental Change and Human Health What Makes Individuals and Populations Vulnerable to the Effects of Climate Change on Health?

    2. Overview: This Module Defines terms Discusses the causes of vulnerability to disease and injury resulting from climate change Describes current and past examples of vulnerability to effects of heat, famine and storms Points to opportunities to reduce vulnerability and improve population health

    3. Definition of Vulnerability “The degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report 2007 (IPCC, 2007) The term “vulnerability” is used in a particular way in relation to climate change. This definition is taken from the glossary of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm. Note that this definition applies to many different impacts of climate change – it covers physical and economic systems as well as biological organisms and human populations. Note also that the full version of the definition (not shown on the slide) refers to “adverse effects of climate change including climate variability and extremes” (emphasis added). The reason for this is that the vulnerabilities are common: systems that are susceptible to harm from extreme climate events and other forms of short-term climate variability are also very likely to be affected by climate change.The term “vulnerability” is used in a particular way in relation to climate change. This definition is taken from the glossary of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm. Note that this definition applies to many different impacts of climate change – it covers physical and economic systems as well as biological organisms and human populations. Note also that the full version of the definition (not shown on the slide) refers to “adverse effects of climate change including climate variability and extremes” (emphasis added). The reason for this is that the vulnerabilities are common: systems that are susceptible to harm from extreme climate events and other forms of short-term climate variability are also very likely to be affected by climate change.

    4. Definition of Vulnerability (cont.)

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