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Journal article
Interactions between climate and COVID-19
The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol.6(10), pp.e825-e833
2022
Appears in COVID-19 Research
Abstract
In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the transmission, perception, response, and lived experience of COVID19. First, temperature, wind, and humidity influence the transmission of COVID19 in ways not fully understood, although non-climatic factors appear more important than climatic factors in explaining disease transmission. Second, climatic extremes coinciding with COVID19 have affected disease exposure, increased susceptibility of people to COVID19, compromised emergency responses, and reduced health system resilience to multiple stresses. Third, long-term climate change and prepandemic vulnerabilities have increased COVID19 risk for some populations (eg, marginalised communities). The ways climate and COVID19 interact vary considerably between and within populations and regions, and are affected by dynamic and complex interactions with underlying socioeconomic, political, demographic, and cultural conditions. These conditions can lead to vulnerability, resilience, transformation, or collapse of health systems, communities, and livelihoods throughout varying timescales. It is important that COVID19 response and recovery measures consider climatic risks, particularly in locations that are susceptible to climate extremes, through integrated planning that includes public health, disaster preparedness, emergency management, sustainable development, and humanitarian response.
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- Title
- Interactions between climate and COVID-19
- Authors
- James D Ford (Corresponding Author) - University of LeedsCarol Zavaleta Cortijo (Author) - Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaTriphini Ainembabazi (Author) - Makerere UniversityCecilia Anza Ramirez (Author) - Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaIngrid Arotoma Rojas (Author) - University of LeedsJoana Bezerra (Author) - Rhodes UniversityVictoria Chicmana Zapata (Author) - Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaEranga K Galappaththi (Author) - Virginia TechMartha Hangula (Author) - University of NamibiaChristopher Kazaana (Author) - Makerere UniversityShuaib Lwasa (Author) - Makerere UniversityDidacus Namanya (Author)Nosipho Nkwinti (Author) - Rhodes UniversityRichard Nuwagira (Author) - Uganda National Health Research OrganisationSamuel Okware (Author) - Uganda National Health Research OrganisationMaria Osipova (Author) - North-Eastern Federal UniversityKerrie Pickering (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research ClusterChandni Singh (Author) - Indian Institute for Human SettlementsLea Berrang-Ford (Author) - University of LeedsKeith Hyams (Author) - University of WarwickJ Jaime Miranda (Author) - Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaAngus Naylor (Author) - University of VictoriaMark New (Author) - University of Cape TownBianca van Bavel (Author) - University of LeedsCOVID Observatory (Research Group)
- Publication details
- The Lancet Planetary Health, Vol.6(10), pp.e825-e833
- Publisher
- The Lancet Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00174-7
- ISSN
- 2542-5196
- Copyright note
- © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99678896102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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