CALL FOR PAPERS
Climate Change and Human Health
PLOS CLIMATE and PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
As the world’s climate negotiators convene for COP27, a key theme to be addressed is the impact of climate change on human health and evidence-based solutions and adaptation actions. Please submit your paper by April 28, 2023 to be considered for inclusion in this collection.
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Submit to PLOS Climate or PLOS Global Public Health
SCOPE
As the world’s climate negotiators convene for COP27, a key theme to be addressed is the impact of climate change on human health and evidence-based solutions and adaptation actions. To help build a strong and openly accessible evidence base for decision-making, PLOS Climate and PLOS Global Public Health are calling for submissions for a new Collection on Climate Change and Human Health.
We welcome submissions of research that addresses all aspects of the intersection between climate and health, from the changing burden of communicable and non-communicable disease to the impacts of extreme events on health systems, as well as research that assesses potential adaptations to build healthier and more resilient societies.
RESEARCH TOPICS
- Climate-informed decision support tools for the health sector
- Infectious diseases, including vector-, food-, and water-borne diseases as well as zoonoses
- Indigenous health and local communities
- Impacts of extreme heat, cyclones, and other extreme weather events
- Impacts of climate-related air, land, and water pollution
- Disaster preparedness and response
- Economic analyses of climate impacts on health and adaptation actions
- Climate change impacts on mental health
- Health aspects of climate-linked migration
- Nutritional impacts of climate change
- Impact of slow-onset changes such as sea-level rise and temperature change
- Impacts on sexual, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health
- Nexus of climate change, biodiversity, and health
- Health system responses related to climate change, including adaptation/resilience and mitigation/decarbonization
- Political economy and global governance of climate and health
- Intersectoral approaches (including Planetary/One/EcoHealth) to climate and health
- Implementation research for resilient health systems
- Analyses of adaptation plans
- Health equity
Climate change is deepening existing health inequities and driving the emergence of novel health risks in new places and populations. Openly available and accessible scientific evidence— backed by political will and sustained funding — is urgently needed to build resilience in the health sector.
Anna Stewart Ibarra
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
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Submit your paper before April 28, 2023 to be included in this collection
JOURNAL INFORMATION
PLOS Climate will rapidly disseminate rigorous research, with a commitment to open research principles that empower academic researchers, policy-makers, governments, international organizations and industry to understand dynamic, changing climates and take positive, evidence-based action in the face of climate change. We will catalyze practical solutions and amplify perspectives from under-represented voices and regions about issues across the breadth of climate research.
Email questions to climate@plos.org
PLOS Global Public Health addresses deeply entrenched global inequities in public health and makes impactful research visible and accessible to health professionals, policy-makers, and local communities without barriers. We will amplify the voices of underrepresented and historically excluded communities and prioritize equity, diversity, and inclusion at all levels – editors, editorial boards, peer reviewers and authors – to broaden the range and diversity of perspectives at the forefront of public health and advance the health of all humankind.
Email questions to globalpubhealth@plos.org
READY TO SUBMIT?
Submit your paper to be considered for this Collection.
Mention the Climate Change and Human Health Call for Papers in your cover letter. The Collection will publish in early 2023.
Submit to PLOS Climate or PLOS Global Public Health
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