Climate Change and Health: Local Government Capacity for Health Protection in Australia.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century, with numerous direct and indirect human health consequences. Local governments play a critical role in communities' response to climate change, both through strategies to reduce emissions and adaption plans to respond to changing climate and extreme weather events. Australian local government environmental health officers (EHOs) have the relevant skills and expertise to inform and develop adaptation plans for health protection in the context of climate change. This study used an online survey followed by phone interviews of local government management to determine the extent to which EHOs are involved in adaptation planning in health protection climate change plans. Questions were also asked to determine whether local

SUBMITTER: Smith JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9914245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature