Africa, despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, disproportionately bears the brunt of climate change's consequences. This systematic review quantifies the impact of shifting climatic conditions on waterborne pathogen diversity and abundance in this ecologically diverse continent. We analyze 88 indexed research articles published between 1996 and 2024 using PRISMA guidelines. Key Findings: Increased… Continue reading Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Waterborne Pathogen Diversity and Abundance in Africa: A Systematic Review

Global climate change significantly alters environmental and health dynamics, posing a major 21st-century public health threat. Waterborne diseases (diarrhea, cholera, skin infections, dysentery) influenced by both water and food are particularly sensitive to these changes. While numerous studies have investigated these impacts, a critical assessment of their methodologies is lacking. This systematic review synthesizes the… Continue reading Climate Change Impacts on Waterborne Diseases: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms and Predictive Models

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are among the regions most affected by climate change. However, little evidence exists on its potential effects on individuals´ health. To fill this gap, this research aims to define the region's most critical developments in the study of economic costs of climate-sensitive infectious diseases and advances in the design,… Continue reading Climate change and health in Latin America and the Caribbean: What the evidence can tell us

Climate change exacerbates the risks associated with climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSIDs) that have pandemic potential, posing additional threats to already vulnerable populations. Currently, there are critical evidence gaps and inadequate institutional and governance arrangements further impact on Africa’s ability to prepare for CSIDs. Our objective is to explore the role of economic evaluation and data-systems… Continue reading Evidence-Based Priority Setting for Climate Change and Pandemic Preparedness in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a Scoping Review and Stakeholder Consultation

There are likely mutually reinforcing co-benefits from public action that seeks to integrate climate mitigation and adaption interventions with efforts to strengthen health systems. Given the breadth and overlap of climate-related risk factors, and the complexities in measuring, mitigating, and adapting to the climate crisis, the health sector response needs to be based on evidence… Continue reading Maximizing climate and health co-benefits of climate action in low- and middle-income countries: Regional evidence mapping, priority research and policy agendas, and stakeholder mobilization

Nature-based solutions involve working with nature to enhance both human well-being and ecosystem resilience, with a primary objective of bolstering climate resilience and mitigation efforts. Despite the proliferation of initiatives aimed at funding and advocating for nature-based solutions, there has been growing scholarly scrutiny globally regarding the socio-ecological suitability of certain approaches. This scrutiny is… Continue reading Assessing the Viability and Synergies of Nature-Based Solutions in Southern Africa: A Climate-Resilience Perspective

Humanity faces a double threat: burgeoning food demand from a growing population and ecological degradation fueled by agricultural expansion. Crop production can be increased through cropland expansion (more land), and crop intensification (producing more per unit of cropland). Embracing sustainable intensification on existing agricultural land rather than the unsustainable quest for ever-greater acreage has been… Continue reading Current challenges in agricultural intensification and land use change in Latin America: land sparing, land sharing, rebound effect, and leakage.

Driven by ongoing urbanization and accelerated global warming, urban heat stress develops into a major threat for a large part of the world population. While the literature is clear about the relevance of urban form in modifying urban heat, the spatially explicit context of heat modifications by the built environment is insufficiently explored across cities.… Continue reading Urban form features determine spatio-temporal variation of ambient temperature: Assessing the transferability of land Use classes effect across diverse Urban Contexts

Climate change is exacerbating food insecurity around the world, particularly in drought-prone areas that are already highly vulnerable, such as the Sahel region of West Africa. To improve food security and resilience, the government of Niger, with funding from the West African Development Bank (BOAD), implemented a multi-faceted agricultural production intensification program in 2011 (PIPA/SA).… Continue reading Geospatial Impact Evaluation of Agricultural Intensification Program in Niger

Managed retreat, the relocation of households out of harm's way, was tried in New Zealand on an unusually large scale after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, shifting almost 20,000 people in a well-compensated program of managed retreat. This presentation will focus on the empirical evidence about the economic and mental-health effects of this managed retreat on… Continue reading The Complications and Consequences of a Managed Retreat Law

Anticipatory humanitarian assistance is a novel approach to aid in the context of weather disasters, drawing on meteorological forecasts to predict risk. Using a randomized study design, we analyze the impact of anticipatory cash transfers distributed to pastoralist households in Mongolia during an extreme winter event. We do not find overall effects on livestock assets,… Continue reading Anticipatory cash transfers in the context of weather disasters: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Women’s savings group programs are increasingly seen as an important strategy for advancing women’s economic empowerment and may have the potential to increase the resiliency of members and their communities to covariate shocks, such as climate change. While various studies have examined how savings groups have mitigated the effects of shocks, empirical evidence on resilience… Continue reading How do savings groups influence resilience? Evidence from Nigeria