{"id":1425,"date":"2021-04-16T01:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2021-04-16T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:25:51","slug":"regional-meeting-of-the-aassa-working-group-on-climate-change-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/regional-meeting-of-the-aassa-working-group-on-climate-change-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Meeting of the AASSA Working Group on Climate Change and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and the global network The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) are undertaking a new project on \u2018Climate Change and Health\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is already affecting human health and health systems, and projected changes in climate are expected to increase the burden of a variety of climate-sensitive health outcomes. Research has done much to contribute to past improvements in health in many countries but, in terms of understanding the effects of climate on health, the evidence base is rather fragmented. Health effects of climate change have been relatively neglected by policymakers until recently, but that is beginning to change. This change requires increasingly robust scientific evidence to guide policy options and assess current commitments. The threats to health must drive decisive action by the scientific and health communities, as well as public policy makers, to protect the health of future as well as current generations, as a critical contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n<p>In light of these developments, the new project will produce three regional reports for Africa, Asia and the Americas (the regional report for Europe is already available). These reports will analyze the respective situation on Climate Change and Health and produce science-based recommendations for the region. Furthermore, a global synthesis based on the regional results will highlight the similarities and differences, providing advice on \u2018Climate Change and Health\u2019 for implementation at global, regional and national levels. These advices will be customized according to local circumstances and strategic needs, with particular regard to adaptation and mitigation solutions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]IAP consists of over 140 national academies of sciences (from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe) structured according to four regional networks. Experts and representatives of these four regional networks \u2013 AASSA (Asia), EASAC (Europe), IANAS (the Americas) and NASAC (Africa) \u2013 convened in Halle, Germany, from 4 to 5 November 2019 for the first project meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of this project are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To analyze the respective situation on climate change.<\/li>\n<li>To produce science-based recommendations for the region.<\/li>\n<li>To highlight the similarities and differences and providing advice on Climate Change &amp; Health for global, regional and national level implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To address the urgency of climate change and its effects on the health of the Asian region, the first Regional Meeting of the Association of Academies and Societies in Asia (AASSA) Working Group on Climate Change and Health was held from 24 to 25 February in Kuala Lumpur. It was led by Academician Professor Dato\u2019 Dr Khairul Anuar Abdullah FASc, President-elect of AASSA and Project Leader of the AASSA Working Group on Climate Change and Health. Professor Yoo Hang Kim (President of AASSA) was in attendance to provide a brief introduction on AASSA and to share his experience on the former InterAcademy Panel (IAP) Project.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text]During this Workshop, Dr Robin Fears (Director cum IAP Coordinator from the European Academies\u2019 Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Biosciences Programme) shared his experience on Europe\u2019s Study on Climate Change and Health. The Workshop also featured a report on the state of climate change, which covers the mitigation, adaptability and country policies by representatives from several countries:<\/p>\n<p>Australia: Professor Anthony Capon<\/p>\n<p>India: Dr Shabana Khan (virtually)<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia: Professor Dr Sofia Mubarika Haryana (virtually)<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia: Professor Dr Jamal Hisham Hashim<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand: Professor Alistair Woodward<\/p>\n<p>Nepal: Dr Megnath Dhimal<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan: Professor Dr Mohammed Perwaiz Iqbal<\/p>\n<p>Russia: Professor Victor Bogatov<\/p>\n<p>Turkey: Professor Ismail Koyuncu<\/p>\n<p>The Asia Report on Climate Change and Health would include Oceania and all Asian regions. The AASSA Climate Change and Health project is expected to be completed by July 2021.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and the global network The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) are undertaking a new project on \u2018Climate Change and Health\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enhancing-international-networking-and-collaborations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}