Community of practice: an effective mechanism to strengthen capacity in climate change and health
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SPECIAL SECTION ON MOVING ON IPCC 1.5°C: INNOVATIONS IN POLICY AND PRACTICE
Community of practice: an effective mechanism to strengthen capacity in climate change and health Nisrine El Amiri 1,2,3 & Paivi Abernethy 3,4,5,6 & Nicole Spence 3,7 & David Zakus 3,8,9 & Tasha-Aliya Kara 3,10 & Corinne Schuster-Wallace 3,11 Received: 10 August 2019 / Accepted: 18 August 2020 # The Canadian Public Health Association 2020
Abstract Setting Climate change is one of the greatest threats to global health in the twenty-first century and has recently been declared a health emergency. The lack of effective dissemination of emerging evidence on climate change health risks, effects, and innovative interventions to health professionals presents one of the greatest challenges to climate action today. Intervention To identify and address the knowledge gaps at the intersection of health and climate change, the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) established a Working Group on Climate Change and Health (WGCCH). WGCCH is evolving organically into a community of practice (CoP) that aims to elevate knowledge brokering on climate change and health and expand to global multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary realms. Outcomes To date, the WGCCH established a regular webinar series to share expert knowledge from around the world on intersections between climate change and health, developed short summaries on climate change impacts on broad health challenges, supported young professional training, and enhanced climate health research capacity and skills through collegial network development and other collaborative projects that emerged from CoP activities. Implications This paper proposes that WGCCH may serve as an example of an effective strategy to address the lack of opportunities for collaborative engagement and mutual learning between health researchers and practitioners, other disciplines, and the general public. Our experiences and lessons learned provide opportunities to learn from the growing pains and successes of an emerging climate change and health-focused CoP. Résumé Lieu Le changement climatique est l’une des plus grandes menaces pour la santé mondiale au 21e siècle et a récemment été déclaré une urgence sanitaire. Le manque de diffusion efficace des données obtenues concernant les risques pour la santé liés au
* Nisrine El Amiri [email protected] David Zakus [email protected]; https://planetaryhealthweekly.com 1
Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, http://www.sickkids.ca/Research/Child-Health-Evaluative-Sciences
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PRE-EMPT, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, 46 Cremona Crescent, Nepean, ON K2G 1A1, Canada
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Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Sedgewick Bldg C173, Victoria, BC V8P 1A1, Canada
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School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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