Quantifying the effectiveness and health co-benefits of climate change mitigation actions across sectors: a protocol for an umbrella review

Wellcome Open Research

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Kristine Belesova¹  Rosemary Green²  Romain Clercq-Roques¹  Jane Falconer³  Hugh Sharma Waddington⁴  Sarah Whitmee²  Tamzin Reynolds²  Syreen Hassan²  Andy Haines¹ 

[1] Department of Public Health, Environments and Society and Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;Department of Population Health and Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;Library, Archive & Open Research Services, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;Environmental Health Group, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London International Development Centre

关键词: climate change;    mitigation;    climate action;    actions;    planetary health;    health;    systematic review;    evidence synthesis;    umbrella review;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17498.2

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

Background: Effective and rapid actions are required to achieve global goals for climate change mitigation, and there is an opportunity to ensure that the actions taken are also positive for human health. However, little is known about the relative magnitude of the health co-benefits that can be achieved from mitigation actions, so robust and comprehensive syntheses of the evidence on the nature and effects of relevant actions are required. This paper presents a protocol for an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral umbrella review of systematic reviews, synthesising modelled and empirical evidence on such actions. Methods: Nine bibliographic databases will be searched, capturing literature across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. Unique records retrieved by the searches will be screened by two independent reviewers. The quality of all the included systematic reviews will be assessed using A MeaSurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2 critical appraisal tool. Data will be extracted on methodological and thematic characteristics of the reviews, nature of the actions, and their effects on greenhouse gas emission reduction, health, and its determinants, as well as any other reported effects and interactions across different actions. Results: Narrative and quantitative synthesis methods will be used to create a typology of relevant actions, map pathways to their impacts on health, compare the magnitude of health and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction impacts by selected characteristics of the actions and the nature of the evidence, as well as to identify gaps in evidence syntheses. Conclusion: This review will identify the most effective actions for global climate change mitigation and health based on the best available scientific evidence.   This protocol has been registered in PROSPERO, Reg No.: CRD42021239292.

【 授权许可】

CC BY