Adapting to a changing environment: inspiration for planetary health from east African communities

Elsevier

Download

Abstract: The 2021 Lancet Countdown gives a code red for health, as people's health worldwide is increasingly affected by climate change.1 Trends of environmental degradation and existing health and social inequalities are continuously worsening. The African continent is highly vulnerable to climate change and its related risks. For example, although 2020 marked an alarmingly warm year globally, ranking between the third and eighth warmest year on record,2 Africa is heating up moreand at a faster rate than the global mean.