CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS FROM A WOMEN’S HEALTH PERSPECTIVE

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 104 - 115, 25.08.2025

Mehtap Temiz

Abstract

Climate change, driven by human activities causing global warming, is a significant public health issue that exacerbates social and environmental inequalities worldwide. Climate-related changes such as extreme weather events, disasters, droughts, air pollution, and vector-borne diseases pose serious direct and indirect threats to health. Among the most vulnerable groups affected by these impacts are women, pregnant individuals, and children. Especially in developing countries, limitations in access to fertility, sexual, and reproductive health services further amplify the effects of climate change on women's health. Healthcare professionals, including nurses specializing in women's health and diseases, play a crucial role in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change on women's health. Empowering women against environmental stressors, increasing their adaptive capacity to climate change, and developing health policies that emphasize environmental justice form the foundation of this process. Policies developed in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — including Gender Equality (Goal 5), Good Health and Well-being (Goal 3), and Climate Action (Goal 13) — have the potential to offer holistic and sustainable solutions for women's health. This review aims to evaluate the impacts of climate change on women's health based on current literature, discuss how these effects relate to sustainable development goals, and offer recommendations for policy and practice-level interventions.

Keywords

Climate action , Climate change , Nursing , Sustainable development goals , Women’s health

KADIN SAĞLIĞI PERSPEKTİFİNDEN İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ VE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMA HEDEFLERİ

Abstract

İnsan faaliyetlerinin neden olduğu küresel ısınma kaynaklı iklim değişikliği, toplumsal ve çevresel eşitsizlikleri derinleştiren önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu olarak öne çıkmaktadır. Aşırı hava olayları, doğal afetler, kuraklık, hava kirliliği ve vektör kaynaklı hastalıklar gibi iklim değişikliğine bağlı gelişmeler, sağlığı doğrudan ve dolaylı yollarla tehdit eden ciddi riskler oluşturmaktadır. Bu etkilerden en çok etkilenen gruplar arasında kadınlar, gebeler ve çocuklar yer almaktadır. Özellikle gelişmekte olan ülkelerde doğurganlık, cinsel sağlık ve üreme sağlığı hizmetlerine erişimde yaşanan sınırlılıklar, iklim değişikliğinin kadın sağlığı üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerini daha da artırmaktadır. Kadın sağlığı ve hastalıkları alanında uzmanlaşmış hemşireler de dâhil olmak üzere sağlık profesyonelleri, iklim değişikliğinin kadın sağlığı üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerinin azaltılmasında kritik bir rol üstlenmektedir. Kadınların çevresel stres etkenlerine karşı güçlendirilmesi, iklim değişikliğine uyum kapasitelerinin artırılması ve çevresel adaleti önceleyen sağlık politikalarının geliştirilmesi bu sürecin temel yapı taşlarını oluşturmaktadır. Birleşmiş Milletler Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları doğrultusunda geliştirilecek politikalar — Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği (Hedef 5), Sağlık ve Kaliteli Yaşam (Hedef 3) ve İklim Eylemi (Hedef 13) — kadın sağlığına yönelik bütüncül ve sürdürülebilir çözümler sunma potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu derleme çalışması, iklim değişikliğinin kadın sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerini güncel literatür doğrultusunda değerlendirmeyi, bu etkilerin sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedefleriyle ilişkisini tartışmayı ve politika ile uygulama düzeyinde müdahale önerileri sunmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Hemşirelik , İklim değişikliği , İklim eylemi , Kadın sağlığı , Sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedefleri

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