ICS Estudos e Relatórios Nº1 / 2019

ICS E S T U D O S e R E L A T Ó R I O S 2019 The connection between health and behavioural sciences, in particular, behaviour disorders and their impact on health, needs to be further explored. It is unlikely that we can reach the sustainability required to achieve planet health and human health if we continue to promote, through mainstream neoclassical economics, an individual behaviour based on rational egoism. Rational egoism will probably be one of the main driving forces leading to the acceptance of an increasingly fragmented and unequal world divided into populations that managed to adapt to the impacts of climate change, particularly on health, and vulnerable people unable to cope with them. In my opinion, this challenge could be one of the main foci of our proposed research. Prof. Liu Qiyong , State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, director of the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Chief Scientist for Climate Change and Health in China “The Healthy City program could be the way forward to integrate a systems approach for managing urban health against climate change through multidisciplinary platforms and multisectoral partnerships.” With rapid urbanisation and climate change in China, health risks are emerging for urban populations. Amounts of research findings have indicated the complicated relationship between and among climate change, health, and sustainability in complex urban environments. From research, we can draw some conclusions which may offer a better understanding of their relationship and inspiration about further study for strategies and solutions on urban health. The Chinese Hygienic City and Healthy City programs provide platforms for adaptation and mitigation for urban population health. A report published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China said, during the period 1978-2015, the total population, urban population, and total built-up area in China have significantly increased, especially the total built-up area, which has been more than tenfold than before. Along with the accelerated urbanization, climate change has also become a severe public health threat in China. A study forecasted that the average temperature in 2050 in China would be significantly higher than the global average temperature. According to IPCC AR5, mediating factors including environmental conditions, social infrastructure, and public health capability and adaptation could affect health through three primary exposure pathways. Studies of climate change impacts on health and adaptation mechanisms founded by the National Basic Research Program of China focused on five goals, including