Environmental health
Workshop on Climate Change and Health in South-East and East Asian Countries
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2 - 5 July 2007
The Workshop on Climate Change and Health in South-East and East Asian Countries was conducted from 2 to 5 July 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Offices for South-East Asia and the Western Pacific.
The objectives of the workshop were to (1) review and share the experiences of the impacts of climate variability and long‑term climate change in the South-East and East Asia region and actions taken to mitigate them; (2) learn available methodologies and tools for vulnerability assessment and possible options for adaptation to changing climate which minimize health impacts; and (3) develop a regional approach to promote country adaptation mechanisms to address key health and environment issues resulting from climate variability and change.
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Country presentations on experiences of the health impacts of climate variability and change and mitigation action:
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
WHO and WHO/WKC, WMO and UNEP presentations:
» Keynote speech on climate change and health: mitigation and adaptation
» Global perspective of the health impacts of climate variability and change
» Regional perspective of the health impacts of climate variability and change
• SEAR's vulnerability and response
• Western Pacific Region
» Methodologies and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessment
» Climate and variability and change in the Region and the role of
the National Meteorological Services and specialized institutes:
• China Meteorological Adminstration
• India Meterorological Department
• Malaysian Meteorological Department
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Admin
» Identification and prioritization of adaptation options
» WHO/UNDP/GEF Project on health adaptation to climate changes
in Asia
• Goal of the Proposed Project
• Bhutan Project
• Piloting climate change adaptation to protect human health-China
» Country adaptation support to the impacts of climate variability
and change
• WHO/WKC programmes
• WMO activities
• UNEP activities