Resultados del taller de alcance para la convocatoria de la Acción de Investigación Colaborativa del Belmont Forum (CRA) sobre Clima, Ambiente y Salud Health II (CEH2): América Latina y el Caribe 2022

The report synthesizes findings from an August 2021 scoping workshop involving over 150 experts from 35 countries. It identifies critical data gaps, institutional silos, and a lack of transdisciplinary research as primary obstacles to integrating climate and environmental data into public health decision-making in Latin America and the Caribbean. The document advocates for the creation of a 'community of practice' to bridge the gap between academic research and policy implementation, emphasizing the need for open-data platforms, citizen science, and the inclusion of indigenous and local communities.

• The most significant obstacle to using climate and environmental information for health decision-making is the lack of publicly available historical and real-time data, compounded by poor data standardization and limited accessibility.
• There is a systemic disconnect between scientific research and policy application, as academic incentives prioritize publications over policy influence, and research is often not designed for end-user needs.
• Institutional and governance barriers hinder collaboration, specifically the lack of integration of environmental health into health system agendas and the misalignment between long-term relationship building and short-term 5-year funding cycles.
• The region lacks sufficient transdisciplinary and solution-oriented research, with a tendency toward an oversimplified 'mechanistic' understanding of the relationships between climate and health.
• To improve the adoption of science in decision-making, the report suggests opportunities such as implementing open-source tools, utilizing big data (like electronic medical records), and quantifying the economic costs of public health inaction.
• Key partners for the CEH2 initiative are categorized into primary partners (researchers, academics, and civil society including indigenous groups), involved partners (health and environment ministries, meteorological agencies), and informed partners (policymakers and health professionals).

APA

I, T., A, W., A, G., S, G., & A, S.-I. (2022). Resultados del taller de alcance para la convocatoria de la Acción de Investigación Colaborativa del Belmont Forum (CRA) sobre Clima, Ambiente y Salud Health II (CEH2): América Latina y el Caribe 2022. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Taller-de-Alcance-Resumen-EJEC-y-Sintesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf

Chicago

I, Torres, Watson A, Grossman A, Ganapati S, and Stewart-Ibarra A. Resultados del taller de alcance para la convocatoria de la Acción de Investigación Colaborativa del Belmont Forum (CRA) sobre Clima, Ambiente y Salud Health II (CEH2): América Latina y el Caribe 2022. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2022. https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Taller-de-Alcance-Resumen-EJEC-y-Sintesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{i2022resultados, author = {I, Torres and A, Watson and A, Grossman and S, Ganapati and A, Stewart-Ibarra}, title = {{Resultados del taller de alcance para la convocatoria de la Acción de Investigación Colaborativa del Belmont Forum (CRA) sobre Clima, Ambiente y Salud Health II (CEH2): América Latina y el Caribe 2022}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, url = {https://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEH-Taller-de-Alcance-Resumen-EJEC-y-Sintesis_IAI_2022-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }