National-level factors affecting planned,public adaptation to health impacts of climate change |
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| Authors: | AC Lesnikowski JD Ford L Berrang-Ford M Barrera P Berry J Henderson SJ Heymann |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3AOB9;2. Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, 1130 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A1A3;3. Climate Change and Health Office, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Ave West Rm. 9-062, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A0K9;4. Life Sciences Library, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G1Y6;1. Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3AOB9;2. Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, 1130 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A1A3;3. Climate Change and Health Office, Health Canada, 269 Laurier Ave West Rm. 9-062, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A0K9;4. Life Sciences Library, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G1Y6 |
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| Abstract: | Our understanding of whether adaptive capacity on a national level is being translated into adaptation policies, programs, and projects is limited. Focusing on health adaptation in Annex I Parties to the UNFCCC, we examine whether statistically significant relationships exist between regulatory, institutional, financial, and normative aspects of national-level adaptive capacity and systematically measured adaptation. Specifically, we (i) quantify adaptation actions in Annex I nations, (ii) identify potential factors that might impact progress on adaptation and select measures for these factors, and (iii) calculate statistical relationships between factors and adaptation actions across countries. Statistically significant relationships are found between progress on adaptation and engagement in international environmental governance, national environmental governance, perception of corruption in the public sector, population size, and national wealth, as well as between responsiveness to health vulnerabilities, population size and national wealth. This analysis contributes two key early empirical findings to the growing literature concerning factors facilitating or constraining adaptation. While country size and wealth are necessary for driving higher levels of adaptation, they may be insufficient in the absence of policy commitments to environmental governance. Furthermore, governance and/or incentive frameworks for environmental governance at the national level may be an important indicator of the strength of national commitments to addressing health impacts of climate change. |
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| Keywords: | Climate change Adaptation Health UNFCCC |
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