Multi-department jointly released the "National Action Plan for Climate Change Health Adaptation (2024-2030)"
Recently, the National Administration for Disease Control and Prevention, together with 13 relevant departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, issued the "National Action Plan for Healthy Adaptation to Climate Change (2024-2030)"(hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") to improve climate change Health adaptation level and promote the construction of a healthy China and a beautiful China.
In recent years, as climate change, which is characterized by global warming, has further intensified, extreme weather and climate events such as high-temperature heat waves, floods, low-temperature cold waves, and typhoons have become more and more intense. Human survival, life and health are being greatly challenged. Climate change has become the most complex public health issue facing mankind in the 21st century.
The "Plan" proposes that by 2025, we will improve and improve the multi-departmental collaboration mechanism for climate change and health work, and build a policy and standard framework related to climate change and health. Strengthen the construction of climate-sensitive disease surveillance systems and build climate change and health assessment indicators. Complete the first round of assessments of climate change health risks, vulnerability and adaptability, and form a list of major scientific needs for climate change healthy adaptation.
By 2030, a policy and standard system related to climate change and health will be basically formed. The ability to monitor and early warning the health impacts of climate change and extreme weather and climate events continues to increase. The health risk, vulnerability and adaptability assessment system is relatively mature. The health adaptability to climate change in key areas and key areas and the climate resilience of health and public health systems have been significantly enhanced. A friendly environment for the whole society to adapt healthily to climate change has been basically established.
In order to achieve relevant goals, the Plan proposes to improve the policy and standard system related to climate change and health. Promote policy integration among disease control, health, environment, water conservancy, meteorology and other departments, and introduce health and public health policies and comprehensive intervention measures to adapt to climate change in key areas and key areas. Formulate technical standards for assessment of climate change health risks, vulnerability and adaptability, issue public health technical guidelines for healthy adaptation to climate change, and establish public behavioral norms and guidelines for climate change and health adaptation.
Strengthen early warning of climate-sensitive diseases. Establish a multi-department monitoring, early warning and linkage response mechanism. Investigate and sort out the basic information list of climate-sensitive diseases and build a monitoring and early warning system for climate-sensitive diseases. Strengthen the forecast of extreme weather and climate events such as heat waves and cold waves, carry out early warning of climate-sensitive disease risks, and issue public health hazard information and preventive measures guidelines.
Strengthen the construction of green and low-carbon medical and health institutions. Incorporate green and low-carbon construction standards that save land, electricity, water and materials into the planning and construction plans of new, renovated and expanded medical and health institutions to reduce carbon emissions during infrastructure construction. Encourage the use of technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data to build energy resource management platforms for medical and health institutions to explore and track relevant energy consumption.
Create a friendly environment for the whole society to adapt healthily to climate change. Strengthen publicity, education and guidance on climate change and health. Formulate different types and different groups of people's education strategies to promote climate change and health education into rural areas, communities, places, and schools. Educate, guide and promote the public to practice a simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle, master self-rescue and mutual rescue measures to deal with extreme weather and climate events, and improve the public's level of climate change and health literacy. Carry out pilot actions to adapt to climate change healthily to cities, villages, communities, and key places (hospitals, industrial enterprises, child care institutions, schools and elderly care institutions, etc.) to summarize replicable adaptation models.
