Envisioning environmental equity: climate change, health, and racial justice

The Lancet, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 402(10395), С. 64 - 78

Опубликована: Май 29, 2023

Climate change has a broad range of health impacts and tackling climate could be the greatest opportunity for improving global this century. Yet conversations on are often incomplete, giving little attention to structural discrimination need racial justice. Racism kills, kills. Together, racism interact have disproportionate effects lives minoritised people both within countries between Global North South. This paper three main aims. First, survey literature unequal due racism, xenophobia, through scoping review. We found that racially groups, migrants, Indigenous communities face burden illness mortality in different contexts. Second, aims highlight inequalities responsibility thereof. A geographical visualisation projected disease risk attributable per 100 000 2050 was conducted. These maps visualise faced by Our third aim is pathways which change, discrimination, most affected areas. Case studies, testimony, policy analysis drawn from multidisciplinary perspectives presented throughout elucidate these pathways. The community must urgently examine repair drives achieve rapid equitable action.

Язык: Английский

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Indigenous mental health and climate change: A systematic literature review

The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 6, С. 100121 - 100121

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2022

Indigenous Peoples are among the most vulnerable to adverse mental health impacts resulting from climate change globally. In context of a continually changing climate, an understanding diverse risks, impact, and responses communities related is timely. The present study conducted systematic literature review on effects, mechanisms vulnerability, adaptive coping strategies specific global Peoples. This systematically selected articles Scopus, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, published since 2000. Twenty-three original studies were included for full review. results confirmed direct commonly caused by cumulative changes in increased non-clinical with potential develop clinical illnesses repeated, ongoing exposure. Also, indirect further exacerbated various vulnerability amongst communities, introducing unique intangible losses relating place attachment, culture, food security other socio-economic disadvantages. These dominated regions, few quantitative studies. emphasises importance engaging responding change, incorporating both qualitative methods capture health, priorities existing adaption that could integrate cultures knowledge.

Язык: Английский

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Is the coastal future green, grey or hybrid? Diverse perspectives on coastal flood risk management and adaptation in the UK

Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 2

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Abstract Climate change-induced sea level rise has exacerbated coastal change putting millions of people at risk from hazards, such as flooding and erosion. Nature-based solutions have been recognised an opportunity to simultaneously address the hazard risks achieve biodiversity goals. While are included in climate adaptation strategies, “hard” engineered still often preferred by those implementing schemes. We sought explore diverse perspectives on UK flood management among interested and/or affected groups utilising Q-methodology. identified five perspectives: (1) The Pro-Green Practitioners; (2) Future-Planning Relocators; (3) Case-by-Case Thinkers; (4) Cautious Practitioners (5) Change Concerned. All strongly valued co-benefits nature-based their role reduction. None prioritised hard-engineered primary protection strategy UK, though they protecting essential infrastructure. main disagreements between were need for relocation whether could cause social inequalities. Q-methodology does not identify how prevalent are, thus further research is needed assess acceptance solutions.

Язык: Английский

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Are managed retreat programs successful and just? A global mapping of success typologies, justice dimensions, and trade-offs

Global Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 76, С. 102576 - 102576

Опубликована: Авг. 18, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Managed retreat and planned retreat: a systematic literature review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 377(1854)

Опубликована: Май 16, 2022

Vulnerable locations, such as coastlines, are at a high risk of loss and damage. Such places will suffer deleterious impacts climate change increasingly realized. As societies try to adapt these impacts, managed or planned retreat—aimed moving people assets away from vulnerable locations—is gaining increased attention. Despite this attention, systematic literature reviews the retreat remain scarce. This paper undertakes review uncovers marked increase in scholarly research papers past 5 years. An analysis 135 journal articles is completed. Findings include strong emphasis on regional local case studies exploring governance, policy institutional settings levers across range geographies. Property rights market interventions, compensation schemes, evidence prevalence neoliberal predilections. emphasizes importance renewed engagement with political economy scholarship vis-à-vis adaptation, also supported by sharp evidenced social environmental justice impacts. article part theme issue ‘Nurturing resilient marine ecosystems’.

Язык: Английский

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Climatic and Environmental Change, Migration, and Health

Annual Review of Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 44(1), С. 171 - 191

Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2022

The impacts of climate change, such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events, are expected to increase alter human migration mobility. Climate-related mobility is not inherently a crisis; it can provide pathway for adaptation change. However, growing body research identifies health risks some opportunities associated with climate-related This review examines recent (published since 2018) on the change-mobility-health nexus; this focuses largely in-country in Asia, Africa, Pacific Island countries. It considers links between anthropogenic change documents findings empirical that addresses consequences displacement, planned relocation, migration, into sites risk. highlight need climate-sensitive migrant-inclusive care heating world.

Язык: Английский

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Lessons learned and policy implications from climate-related planned relocation in Fiji and Australia

Frontiers in Climate, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 5

Опубликована: Март 2, 2023

Planned Relocation is a form of mobility in response to climate-related shocks and slow onset change. While the primary focus seminal Foresight report on Migration Environmental Change dealt with processes migration displacement, planned relocation was discussed as viable, yet fraught adaptation strategy. Since publication 2011, considerable research into has progressed understanding, part due emerging case study examples globally over last 10 years. The authors this article have undertaken communities across Australia Fiji who initiated processes, varying degrees completion success. As Research Topic—Climate Policy Connections: Progress Report—in we look back at lessons that emerged from report, provide key insights our experiences, well through drawing broader literature, doing so offer learned, policy for these regions, beyond. This especially relevant given context two nations: Australia, country experienced severe fires flooding events few years, which raised important questions around role may play future national discussions planning, buy-back schemes occurring country; Fiji, forefront globally, 800 listed need by Government numerous cases completed, emerging. Primary findings indicate: there are people choosing remain sites exposure despite plans, making notion “voluntariness” essential; potential be successful option if strong participatory governance; think broadly holistically needs livelihoods effected planning; longitudinal studies track implications impacts (both positive negative) long term.

Язык: Английский

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Small Island Developing States: addressing the intersecting challenges of non-communicable diseases, food insecurity, and climate change

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(6), С. 422 - 432

Опубликована: Май 21, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Climate change and coastal resiliency of Suva, Fiji: a holistic approach for measuring climate risk using the climate and ocean risk vulnerability index (CORVI)

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Surging seas, rising sea levels, and sinking communities: The urgent need for climate adaptation in small island states

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 157, С. 103788 - 103788

Опубликована: Май 14, 2024

Язык: Английский

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