An economic assessment of the impact of climate change on the health sector in Montserrat

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.320
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de Organos Subsidiarios
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.jobNumberLCCARL320_en
cepal.physicalDescriptiontablas
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngCLIMATE CHANGE
cepal.topicSpaCAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngMONTSERRAT
dc.coverage.spatialSpaMONTSERRAT
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-13T18:57:35Z
dc.date.available2015-07-13T18:57:35Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-22
dc.description.abstractClimate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the climate change-induced excess disease burden for two climate change scenarios in Montserrat for the period 2010 - 2050, and by estimating the monetary value associated with this excess disease burden. The diseases initially considered in this report are variety of vector and water-borne impacts and other miscellaneous conditions; specifically, malaria, dengue fever, gastroenteritis/diarrheal disease, schistosomiasis, leptospirosis, ciguatera poisoning, meningococcal meningitis, and cardio-respiratory diseases. Disease projections were based on derived baseline incidence and mortality rates, available dose-response relationships found in the published literature, climate change scenario population projections for the A2 and B2 IPCC SRES scenario families, and annual temperature and precipitation anomalies as projected by the downscaled ECHAM4 global climate model. Monetary valuation was based on a transfer value of statistical life approach with a modification for morbidity. Using discount rates of 1%, 2% and 4%, results show mean annual costs (morbidity and mortality) ranges of $0.61 million (in the B2 scenario, discounted at 4% annually) – $1 million (in the A2 scenario, discounted at 1% annually) for Montserrat. These costs are compared to adaptation cost scenarios involving increased direct spending on per capita health care. This comparison reveals a high benefit-cost ratio suggesting that moderate costs will deliver significant benefit in terms of avoided health burdens in the period 2010-2050. The methodology and results suggest that a focus on coordinated data collection and improved monitoring represents a potentially important no regrets adaptation strategy for Montserrat. Also the report highlights the need for this to be part of a coordinated regional response that avoids duplication in spending.
dc.description.tableOfContents.--I. Vector-Borne Diseases.--II. Water & Food -borne Diseases.--III. Meningococcal meningitis.-- IV. Cardiovascular & respiratory diseases.--V. Malnutrition &extreme events.-- I. Country context- Montserrat.--II. Methodology.--III. Highlights from the preliminary stages.--IV. Summary results from the projection stages.--V. Valuation of the excess statistical life burden.--VI. Life burden.
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dc.format.extent96 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.320
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/38589
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription96 p. : tables, figures
dc.publisherECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject.unbisEngHEALTH
dc.subject.unbisEngDISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngMALNUTRITION
dc.subject.unbisEngCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject.unbisEngLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject.unbisEngCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngVECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngWATER-RELATED DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngRESPIRATORY DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngENERGY POLICY
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
dc.subject.unbisSpaCAMBIO CLIMATICO
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALUD
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES
dc.subject.unbisSpaMALNUTRICION
dc.subject.unbisSpaANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIO
dc.subject.unbisSpaPROMEDIO DE VIDA
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA AMBIENTAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA ENERGETICA
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