학술논문

COP27: The Prospects and Challenges for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
International Journal of Health Policy and Management. December 2022, Vol. 11 Issue 12, p2776, 4 p.
Subject
Iran
Middle East
United Kingdom
Language
English
ISSN
2322-5939
Abstract
In line with the global trend, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been growing vulnerable to the direct and indirect health effects of climate change including death tolls due to climatological disasters and diseases sensitive to climate change since the industrial revolution. Regarding the limited capacity of MENA countries to adapt and respond to these effects, and also after relative failures of the previous negotiation in Glasgow, in the upcoming COP27 in Egypt, the heads of the region's parties are determined to take advantage of the opportunity to host MENA to mitigate and prevent the worst effects of climate change. This would be achieved through mobilizing international partners to support climate resilience, a major economic transformation, and put health policy and management in a strategic position to contribute to thinking and action on these pressing matters, at least to avoid or minimize the future adverse consequences. Keywords: COP27, Climate Change, MENA Region, Health Effects
Introduction The latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that the Earth is warming faster than previously thought and called it a 'code red [...]