Health in the climate emergency: a global perspective

of climate change on physical and mental health, via Publication of the regional reports was accompanied by both direct and indirect pathways, vary within and engagement with the science and policy communities between regions of the world, there are common in the regions and at national level. [...] IAP Health in the climate emergency | May 2022 | 11 2 Design and conduct of the IAP climate change and health project Summary of emerging points in chapter 2 The scope and design of the IAP Climate Change and Health project are described. [...] Four policy areas are the focus of the project: (1) the impacts of climate change on health; (2) the benefits of a ‘low-carbon’ economy; (3) adaptation to climate change and its limits; and (4) the potential effects on health of interacting policies coupled with the challenges of implementation of climate actions. [...] Summit (2020) and Consortium of Universities for Global Health (2021), the WHO European consultation As noted in chapter 1, the purpose of this global report, on climate and health (2021) and Africa Climate Week in supporting and building on the regional reports, is to (2021) and virtual and physical meetings at COP26. [...] There are multiple interacting pathways for the effects of climate change on health and, as with other health risks, the frequency, magnitude and distribution of the risk depend on the nature of the hazard, the level of exposure to the hazard, and on individual/community vulnerability.