Not what the doctor ordered: Prioritizing transdisciplinary science on climate, environment and health in the Latin American and Caribbean region

Published in PLOS Climate,1(4): e0000025
Authors

Watson, A., Ganapati, S., Grossman,A., Trtanj, J., Arbour, N., Torres, I, Stewart-Ibarra, A.M.

Publication year 2022
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000025
Affiliations

 Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas, United States of America

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Belmont Forum, Montevideo, Uruguay

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.

IAI Project N/A
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Abstract

The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region is highly diverse and unequal. It is also host to extreme weather events and changing climate patterns increasingly impacting infrastructure, livelihoods, food security, and peoples&rsquo health and wellbeing.