Public Health Projects
Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health [China]
The Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health project is first global project on public health adaptation to climate change and expected to contribute to the broader goal of ensuring increased adaptive capacity of national health system institutions including field practitioners to respond to climate-sensitive health risks. It is planned to implement a set of nationally executed activities aiming four outcomes:
- Upgrading early warning system; Development of over-arching coordination mechanism to link meteorological and health monitoring data in order to provide advanced warning of health risks due to heat wave.
- (a) Capacity development of health sector institutions in terms of improving operational procedures to provide advanced meteorological and health monitoring data during heatwaves.
(b) Training for emergency medical treatment during heatwaves. - Implementation of heat-health warning systems and monitoring of the effectiveness in increasing heat-related mortality in three pilot cities.
- Cooperation and exchange of best practices and lessons learned amongst participating countries towards innovation in health adaptation to climate change
[Project Data]
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| Sector | Public Health |
| Fund | Special Climate Change Fund |
| Amount | $7milion, $16milion by co-finance |
| Executing Agency | World Health Organization |
| Project Status | Preparation |
| NAPA | N/A |
| Link | http://sdnhq.undp.org/gef-adaptation/portfolio/projectR.php?id=96 |