Climate Change & Health
The Climate Change & Health Committee examines how environmental change affects infectious disease patterns and health system preparedness, supporting IDA’s One Health approach.
Its work focuses on climate-informed surveillance and risk mapping, cross-sector adaptation strategies, environmental justice, and research and advocacy at the intersection of climate, health, and development.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the committee helps strengthen resilience and ensure environmental health remains part of IDA’s global infectious disease agenda.
24
Member Organizations
Stronger
Together for Impact
6
Countries Represented
Evidence
Policy in Action
Objectives
Address Structural Environmental Drivers
Target environmental and structural causes of outbreaks through decentralised, community-led governance and improved tracking of climate-driven vectors.
Operationalise Climate Early Warning Systems
Layer granular socio-political data, human mobility indicators, and other relevant information onto climate and meteorological data.
Strengthen Data Sovereignty
Secure data equity and sovereignty for Global South institutions and support locally owned approaches to research and health data.
Advance One Health Prevention
Link infectious disease risks with environmental disruption, habitat encroachment, and wider structural drivers through a One Health approach.
Support Community-Led Governance
Empower communities and regional institutions to participate meaningfully in surveillance, preparedness, and health decision-making.
Rebalance Global Health Investment
Direct funding towards emerging infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance risks in underserved and vulnerable regions.
Leadership
Rana AlGhafari
Committee Manager
Climate Change, Gender
Members
Victor Enejoh
Global health Advisory
CABI
Leith Greenslade
Founder & CEO
JustActions
Rebecca Potter
DHIS2 Implementation Lead
HISP Centre / DHIS2
Jonathan Jennings
Co-CEO
Health In Harmony
Guest
Christina Pettan-Brewer
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Washington
Gary Flory
Founder & CEO
Global Outbreak Solutions
Priorities
Climate-Informed Surveillance
Climate Adaptation Strategies
Environmental Justice and Equity
Climate Health Research and Advocacy
One Health Integration
Climate-Resilient Health Systems
Facts
3.6 billion people highly susceptible to climate change
3.6 billion people live in areas highly susceptible to climate change.
Dengue risk is expanding globally
More than 5 billion people could be at risk of dengue exposure by 2050.
Europe is experiencing vector shifts
Europe is becoming more suitable for dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and waterborne Vibrio risks.
Climate extremes can disrupt disease patterns
Extreme weather can alter disease patterns and disrupt health infrastructure, increasing risks such as malaria.
Events
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