Integrating climate action for health into covid-19 recovery plans
Kristine Belesova, David L Heymann, Andy Haines
Abstract
The covid-19 pandemic caused over a half a million deaths in its first four months and triggered a global recession that threatens to increase poverty and amplify the health effects of the pandemic. At the same time climate change is adversely affecting health, and the effects are projected to intensify worldwide through a range of direct and indirect pathways, including increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves, floods, and droughts.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicRecession2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPovertyClimate changeSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Range (aeronautics)GeographyEnvironmental healthEnvironmental planningMedicineDevelopment economicsEconomic growthEconomicsBiologyVirologyOutbreakEngineeringDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyKeynesian economicsAerospace engineeringEcologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 impact on air quality