Browsing by Author "Lescano, Andrés G."

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    Climate Change, Health, and Migration in LAC
    (Springer Cham, 2025) Batista, Carolina; Borjas-Cavero, Diego B.; Farante, Sofia Virginia; Melo Contreras, Óscar; Lescano, Andrés G.
    This chapter examines the interconnectedness of climate change, health, and migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). A comprehensive literature review identified severe and disproportionate consequences of climate change on the health of migrants, with major impacts on vulnerable mobile groups such as indigenous peoples, children, women, and the LGBTI+ community. We analyzed the consequences of infectious diseases, such as vector-borne and neglected diseases, as well as non-communicable diseases and mental health. The findings highlight the urgent need to generate evidence on climate-induced migration at sub-regional and national level and to address the vulnerability of marginalized groups that contribute the least to greenhouse gas emissions, a matter of climate justice. Additionally, there is a need for further research on the health impacts of climate change on migrants in LAC, including those that migrate for non-climate-related reasons. These knowledge and action gaps underscore the importance of designing tailored health policies that ensure to reduce the vulnerability of migrants to health threats.
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    The 2023 Latin America report of the Lancet countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development
    (2024) Hartinger, Stella M.; Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K.; Llerena-Cayo, Camila; Blanco-Villafuerte, Luciana; Escobar, Luis E.; Diaz, Avriel; Helo Sarmiento, Juliana; Lescano, Andrés G.; Melo Contreras, Oscar Alfredo; Rojas-Rueda, David; Takahashi, Bruno; Callaghan, Max; Chesini, Francisco; Dasgupta, Shouro; Gil Posse, Carolina; Gouveia, Nelson; Martins de Carvalho, Aline; Miranda-Chacón, Zaray; Mohajeri, Nahid; Pantoja, Chrissie; Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z; Salas, María Fernanda; Santiago, Raquel; Sauma Santis, Enzo Enrique; Santos-Vega, Mauricio; Scamman, Daniel; Sergeeva, Milena; Souza de Camargo, Tatiana; Sorensen, Cecilia; Umaña, Juan D.; Yglesias-González, Marisol; Walawender, María; Buss, Daniel; Romanello, Marina
    In 2023, a series of climatological and political events unfolded, partly driving forward the global climate and health agenda while simultaneously exposing important disparities and vulnerabilities to climate-related events. On the policy front, a significant step forward was marked by the inaugural Health Day at COP28, acknowledging the profound impacts of climate change on health. However, the first-ever Global Stocktake showed an important gap between the current progress and the targets outlined in the Paris Agreement, underscoring the urgent need for further and decisive action. From a Latin American perspective, some questions arise: How do we achieve the change that is needed? How to address the vulnerabilities to climate change in a region with long-standing social inequities? How do we promote intersectoral collaboration to face a complex problem such as climate change? The debate is still ongoing, and in many instances, it is just starting.