TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions between climate and COVID-19
AU - COVID Observatory
AU - Ford, James D.
AU - Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
AU - Ainembabazi, Triphini
AU - Anza-Ramirez, Cecilia
AU - Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid
AU - Bezerra, Joana
AU - Chicmana-Zapata, Victoria
AU - Galappaththi, Eranga K.
AU - Hangula, Martha
AU - Kazaana, Christopher
AU - Lwasa, Shuaib
AU - Namanya, Didacus
AU - Nkwinti, Nosipho
AU - Nuwagira, Richard
AU - Okware, Samuel
AU - Osipova, Maria
AU - Pickering, Kerrie
AU - Singh, Chandni
AU - Berrang-Ford, Lea
AU - Hyams, Keith
AU - Miranda, J. Jaime
AU - Naylor, Angus
AU - New, Mark
AU - van Bavel, Bianca
AU - Angula, Margaret
AU - Arvind, Jasmithaa
AU - Akugre, Francis Awaafo
AU - Bazaz, Amir
AU - Coggins, Shaugn
AU - Crowley, Frances
AU - Dharmasiri, Indunil P.
AU - Fernandez-de-Larrinoa, Yon
AU - George, Bhavya
AU - Harper, Sherilee
AU - Jones, Brianne
AU - Jones, Genevieve
AU - Jones, Kerry
AU - Kaur, Harpreet
AU - Krishnakumar, Jyotsna
AU - Kunamwene, Irene
AU - Mangalasseri, Asish
AU - Mcguire, Clare
AU - Mensah, Adelina
AU - Nkalubo, Jonathan
AU - Pearce, Tristan
AU - Perera, Chrishma Dharshani
AU - Poonacha Kodira, Prathigna
AU - Scanlon, Halena
AU - Togarepi, Cecil
AU - Varghese, Anita
N1 - Funding Information:
The COVID-19 Observatory (project reference number: EP/V043102/1) is funded by a collective fund award from the UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund and Newton Fund; the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; and International Programme—Russia (Arctic Voices, 2021 006). CZ-C was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through the Official Development Assistance Funding of the UK and Wellcome (218743_Z_19_Z) under the NIHR-Wellcome Partnership for Global Health Research. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Wellcome, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care. All other authors declare no competing interests.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the transmission, perception, response, and lived experience of COVID-19. First, temperature, wind, and humidity influence the transmission of COVID-19 in ways not fully understood, although non-climatic factors appear more important than climatic factors in explaining disease transmission. Second, climatic extremes coinciding with COVID-19 have affected disease exposure, increased susceptibility of people to COVID-19, compromised emergency responses, and reduced health system resilience to multiple stresses. Third, long-term climate change and prepandemic vulnerabilities have increased COVID-19 risk for some populations (eg, marginalised communities). The ways climate and COVID-19 interact vary considerably between and within populations and regions, and are affected by dynamic and complex interactions with underlying socioeconomic, political, demographic, and cultural conditions. These conditions can lead to vulnerability, resilience, transformation, or collapse of health systems, communities, and livelihoods throughout varying timescales. It is important that COVID-19 response and recovery measures consider climatic risks, particularly in locations that are susceptible to climate extremes, through integrated planning that includes public health, disaster preparedness, emergency management, sustainable development, and humanitarian response.
AB - In this Personal View, we explain the ways that climatic risks affect the transmission, perception, response, and lived experience of COVID-19. First, temperature, wind, and humidity influence the transmission of COVID-19 in ways not fully understood, although non-climatic factors appear more important than climatic factors in explaining disease transmission. Second, climatic extremes coinciding with COVID-19 have affected disease exposure, increased susceptibility of people to COVID-19, compromised emergency responses, and reduced health system resilience to multiple stresses. Third, long-term climate change and prepandemic vulnerabilities have increased COVID-19 risk for some populations (eg, marginalised communities). The ways climate and COVID-19 interact vary considerably between and within populations and regions, and are affected by dynamic and complex interactions with underlying socioeconomic, political, demographic, and cultural conditions. These conditions can lead to vulnerability, resilience, transformation, or collapse of health systems, communities, and livelihoods throughout varying timescales. It is important that COVID-19 response and recovery measures consider climatic risks, particularly in locations that are susceptible to climate extremes, through integrated planning that includes public health, disaster preparedness, emergency management, sustainable development, and humanitarian response.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139309901&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00174-7
DO - 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00174-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36208645
AN - SCOPUS:85139309901
SN - 2542-5196
VL - 6
SP - e825-e833
JO - The Lancet Planetary Health
JF - The Lancet Planetary Health
IS - 10
ER -
