Integrating Data for The Assessment of National Vulnerabilities to the Health Impacts of Climate Changes: A Novel Methodological Approach and a Case Study from Brazil

U.E.C. Confalonieri; D.P. Marinho; Romy R. Ravines

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-10486-1_33

Integrating Data for The Assessment of National Vulnerabilities to the Health Impacts of Climate Changes: A Novel Methodological Approach and a Case Study from Brazil

IPCC / TGICA Expert Meeting on Integrating Analysis of Regional Climate Change & Response Options

Conference Paper

Authors

U.E.C. Confalonieri

D.P. Marinho

Romy R. Ravines

Published

June 20, 2007

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Abstract

A national quantitative assessment of the current regional vulnerability of the Brazilian population to the health impacts of climate change was undertaken with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. A conceptual framework of vulnerability in the health sector with a modified general “Exposure-Response” model was adopted (Confalonieri, 2003). For the quantification of the vulnerability, a new methodology was used to develop a synthetic (composite) General Vulnerability Index (IVG), from averages of specific indices of vulnerability in three areas: Socio-economic, Epi demiological and Climatic.The socio-economic vulnerability Index has had the greatest relative importance in influencing the General Vunerability Index of the states found to be the most vulnerable. The approach used has shown that the Brazilian northeastern region is the most vulnerable to the health impacts of a changing climate.

Citation

BibTeX citation:

@inproceedings{confalonieri2007,
  author = {Confalonieri, U.E.C. and Marinho, D.P. and R. Ravines, Romy},
  title = {Integrating {Data} for {The} {Assessment} of {National}
    {Vulnerabilities} to the {Health} {Impacts} of {Climate} {Changes:}
    {A} {Novel} {Methodological} {Approach} and a {Case} {Study} from
    {Brazil}},
  booktitle = {IPCC / TGICA Expert Meeting on Integrating Analysis of
    Regional Climate Change \& Response Options},
  volume = {16238},
  pages = {189-\/-196},
  date = {2007-06-20},
  url = {https://archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/supporting-material/tgica_reg-meet-fiji-2007.pdf},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-10486-1_33},
  isbn = {978-92-9169-128-9},
  langid = {en}
}

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Confalonieri, U.E.C., D.P. Marinho, and Romy R. Ravines. 2007. “Integrating Data for The Assessment of National Vulnerabilities to the Health Impacts of Climate Changes: A Novel Methodological Approach and a Case Study from Brazil.” In IPCC / TGICA Expert Meeting on Integrating Analysis of Regional Climate Change & Response Options, 16238:189--196. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10486-1_33.