Implementation of national health adaptation policy: a case study of policy principles and implementation barriers in the Philippines

Global issues, local action: exploring local governments use of research in “tackling climate change and its impacts on health” in Victoria, Australia

“…For example, established networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy [13], and Local Governments for Sustainability [14] work to foster coordinated action on sustainable urban development and building climate resilience at the local level. However, local governments face numerous challenges in developing local climate policy, including a lack of leadership or political will from higher levels of government, limited resources, institutional constraints, and availability and access to research [5,9,15,16]. Overcoming these challenges and pursuing action to address the environmental and health impacts of climate change requires collaboration [2,3,10,17]; both internally through crossdepartment engagement within individual local governments (e.g., health, environment and planning teams); and externally, through coordinated multi-sector action across all levels of government, the private sector, universities, advocacy groups and local communities [17].…”

“…In public health, the use of research is associated with improvements in health outcomes as well as service delivery and organisational efficiency [21]. Therefore, a compelling case exists to underpin climate health action with relevant research on both the nature and scale of climate-related health issues and the effectiveness of various interventions to address them [5,15,16].…”