[EQ] Natural and unnatural synergies: climate change policy and health equity

de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
para: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org
fecha: 1 de octubre de 2009 09:34
asunto: [EQ] Natural and unnatural synergies: climate change policy and health equity




Natural and unnatural synergies: climate change policy and health equity


Sarah Catherine Walpole a, Kumanan Rasanathan a & Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum b
a. Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization.
b. Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.


Bulletin of the World Health Organization - doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.067116
Volume 87, Number 10, October 2009, 733-804


Available online at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/10/09-067116/en/index.html


“…….Climate change and health inequities represent two of the greatest challenges to human development in the 21st century. As the Copenhagen summit on climate change planned for December 2009 approaches, there are opportunities to use the political momentum of climate change to promote health equity.
The broad-ranging policies required to address climate change have both positive and negative implications for health and health equity.1,2 Similarly, interventions to reduce health gaps will not necessarily help stabilize the climate. Poorly designed policies could easily undermine both climate and health equity goals, and reduce public support for their implementation.
This paper reviews the potential tensions between climate stabilization and improving health equity and discusses how these might be resolved…..”



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