Some Lessons Learned from Public Health on the Process of Adaptation |
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Authors: | Kristie L Ebi Joel Smith Ian Burton Joel Scheraga |
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Institution: | (1) Exponent Health Group, 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA, 22314;(2) Stratus Consulting, 1881 Ninth Street, Suite 201, Boulder, CO, 80302;(3) Scientist Emeritus, Meteorological Service of Canada, Toronto, Canada;(4) Global Change Research Program, EPA, Office of Research & Development, Mail Code 8601-N, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20460 |
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Abstract: | Lessons learned from more than 150 years of public health research and intervention can provide insights to guide public health
professionals and institutions as they design and implement specific strategies, policies, and measures to increase resilience
to climate variability and change. This paper identifies both some modifications to public health systems that may enhance
adaptive capacity, and lessons drawn from the history of managing environmental and other threats in the public health sector
that may have relevance for other sectors as they design approaches to increase their adaptive capacity to more effectively
cope with climate variability and change.
The views expressed are the author’s own and do not represent official US EPA policy. |
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Keywords: | adaptation adaptive capacity climate change impacts public health |
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