American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference on Climate and Health in Africa; Washington, District of Columbia; June 7-10, 2022

美国地球物理联盟 (AGU) 非洲气候与健康查普曼会议；

• 批准号: 2214901
• 负责人: Billy Williams
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: American Geophysical Union
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2214901&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: American; Geophysical; Union; AGU; Chapman

Extreme weather events are hazardous to human health in many ways. Some health risks, such as heat stroke, result directly from human exposure to exreme conditions. Others, such as cholera outbreaks, occur indirectly as extreme weather overwhelms infrastructure for clean water, sanitation, and other necessities of human health. Such health risks are expected to worsen due to climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to increased incidence of heat waves, droughts, fires, and floods. They are also of greatest concern in regions of social vulnerability, including much of Africa.This award provides support for a conference which brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to consider the health impacts of climate extremes in Africa and develop strategies to respond to them. The conference is motivated in part by recent advances in the prediction of African weather and climate extremes which have not yet been incorporated into health early warning systems and other public health efforts. Interactions across multiple research disciplines and between researchers and stakeholders will be required to fully realize the heath benefits of better climate information. This conference serves as a starting point for such interactions.The meeting is organized as a Chapman Conference of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), to be held June 7-10 at the AGU headquarters building in Washington DC. Deliverables of the meeting, in addition to its role as a venue to foster interactions, include conference proceedings published as an AGU monograph or special issue, a meeting report intended for a non-technical audience, and a while paper with recommendations for the use of climate information to improve health outcomes in Africa. Funds provided by the National Science Foundation support the travel of students, early-career scientists, and invited speakers to attend the meeting. Support for the meeting comes from the Geosciences (GEO), Biological Sciences (BIO), and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorates, and complements support provided by other federal agencies and non-governmental sources.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

极端天气事件在很多方面对人类健康造成危害。 一些健康风险，例如中暑，是由人类暴露于极端条件直接导致的。 其他疾病，例如霍乱疫情，是由于极端天气导致清洁水、卫生设施和其他人类健康必需品的基础设施不堪重负而间接发生的。 由于气候变化，此类健康风险预计会进一步恶化，因为气温升高会导致热浪、干旱、火灾和洪水的发生率增加。 它们也是包括非洲大部分地区在内的社会脆弱地区最受关注的问题。该奖项为一次会议提供支持，该会议汇集了研究人员、从业者和政策制定者，以考虑非洲极端气候对健康的影响，并制定应对战略他们。 此次会议的部分原因是非洲天气和极端气候预测方面的最新进展，这些进展尚未纳入健康早期预警系统和其他公共卫生工作。 为了充分实现更好的气候信息的健康效益，需要跨多个研究学科以及研究人员和利益相关者之间的互动。 此次会议是此类互动的起点。此次会议作为美国地球物理联盟 (AGU) 查普曼会议而组织，将于 6 月 7 日至 10 日在华盛顿特区的 AGU 总部大楼举行。 除了作为促进互动的场所之外，会议的成果还包括作为 AGU 专着或特刊出版的会议记录、面向非技术受众的会议报告以及一份包含使用建议的论文。气候信息可改善非洲的健康状况。 美国国家科学基金会提供的资金支持学生、早期职业科学家和受邀演讲者参加会议的旅行。 对会议的支持来自地球科学 (GEO)、生物科学 (BIO) 和社会、行为和经济科学 (SBE) 理事会，并补充了其他联邦机构和非政府来源提供的支持。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。