Results of the Scoping Workshop for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) call on Climate, Environment and Health II (CEH2): Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

The report synthesizes findings from a 2021 scoping workshop involving over 150 experts to identify barriers and opportunities for integrating climate, environment, and health (CEH) data and policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Key obstacles include a lack of standardized, real-time data and a disconnect between academic research and policy application. The document advocates for a transdisciplinary 'community of practice' and identifies researchers, academics, and civil society as core partners for future collaborative research actions.

• The primary obstacle to decision-making at the climate, environment, and health nexus is the lack of publicly available, real-time, and historical data, compounded by poor data standardization and difficulties in accessing existing information.
• Knowledge production is hindered by a lack of solutions-oriented and transdisciplinary research, with a tendency toward oversimplifying the relationships between climate and health by focusing on outcomes rather than lagged effects.
• A significant gap exists between scientific research and policy implementation because academic incentives prioritize publications over policy influence, and end-users are rarely involved in the initial research design.
• Collaborative frameworks are weakened by fragmented governance, where health systems have not integrated environmental health into their agendas and funding cycles (typically 5 years) do not align with the time required to build impactful international and community relationships.
• There is a critical need for updated training and curricula that equip health practitioners to address climate-related issues and enable environment professionals to manage health-related impacts, including a need for better risk communication skills.
• The report identifies researchers, academics, and civil society—specifically indigenous groups and vulnerable populations—as the core partners for the CEH community of practice.

APA

I, T., A, W., A, G., S, G., & A, S.-I. (2022). Results of the Scoping Workshop for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) call on Climate, Environment and Health II (CEH2): Latin America and the Caribbean 2022. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Scoping-Workshop-EXEC-Summary-Synthesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf

Chicago

I, Torres, Watson A, Grossman A, Ganapati S, and Stewart-Ibarra A. Results of the Scoping Workshop for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) call on Climate, Environment and Health II (CEH2): Latin America and the Caribbean 2022. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2022. https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Scoping-Workshop-EXEC-Summary-Synthesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{i2022results, author = {I, Torres and A, Watson and A, Grossman and S, Ganapati and A, Stewart-Ibarra}, title = {{Results of the Scoping Workshop for the Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) call on Climate, Environment and Health II (CEH2): Latin America and the Caribbean 2022}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, url = {https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Scoping-Workshop-EXEC-Summary-Synthesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }