Climate Information for Public Health Action

Climate Information for Public Health Action

There is some fascinating and exciting work going on at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) here at the Earth Institute. They are bringing public health practitioners and scientists from developing regions across the world to understand the role of climate in health and health planning. I am working at the IRI with the water group. Here's an intro to the health group's work:

"Now that the world’s attention is focused on climate variability and climate change adaptation, it is essential not only for public health communities, but also, for government central planners, to understand the role climate plays in driving disease burden and affecting economic growth. Public health emerges as the final common pathway for all impacts of climate variability and climate change on individuals as well as societies. Thus, climate information needs to be coupled with health information to develop and to improve the public health decision making process."