İklim Değişikliği ile Mücadelede Önemli Bir Katalizör: Sağlık Faktörü

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 38, 739 - 751, 25.05.2023

Yusuf Irmak Gül Mersinlioğlu Serin

https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.1136570

Abstract

İnsanlık için bir “kırmızı kod” olarak nitelendirilen iklim değişikliği birçok tehlikeli sağlık sorunlarına da neden olmaktadır. Özellikle son yıllarda dünya, büyük bir değişime uğramakta ve aşırı hava olayları artık yeni normal olarak görülmektedir. İklim değişikliği halk sağlığı için giderek artan zorluklar yaratmaktadır. Bu nedenle, önemli ve öncelikli bir konu olarak uluslararası gündemde yer almaktadır. İklim değişikliği, doğal ve insan kaynaklı nedenler ile birlikte insan sağlığını ve hastalıkları çeşitli şekillerde etkilemektedir. Mevcut bazı sağlık tehditlerinin yoğunlaşacağı ve yeni sağlık tehditlerinin ortaya çıkacağı öngörülmektedir. Yaş, ekonomik kaynaklar ve konum gibi değişkenler risk derecesini belirlemektedir. Küresel iklim değişikliği, göç ve sağlık acil durumları gibi uluslararası sağlık güvenliğini tehdit etme potansiyeli taşıyan çok faktörlü, oldukça karmaşık, doğrudan ve dolaylı etkiler matrisine sahiptir. İklim değişikliği; çevre kirliliği, istilacı türlerin ve yeni patojenlerin ortaya çıkışı, gıda güvenliği, orman yangınları ve çok çeşitli yıkıcı hava olayları gibi insan sağlığını sinerjik olarak etkileyebilen birçok alanı içermektedir. Sağlık ve iklim değişikliği arasındaki ilişkinin farkındalığının artırılması iklim değişikliği ile mücadele sürecine katalizör etki oluşturma potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu çalışmada, iklim değişikliğinin sağlık üzerindeki etkileri, sağlık acil durumları, göç, sağlık güvenliği ve sağlık sistemleri ile ilişkisine odaklanılmış ve derinleşmekte olan iklim krizinin sağlık etkileri alanındaki literatüre katkıda bulunmak amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

İklim Değişikliği, Sağlık, İklim Değişikliği ile Mücadele, Sağlık Acil Durumları

A Significant Catalyst in Combating Climate Change: The Health Factor

Abstract

Climate change, which is described as a “code red” for humanity, also causes many dangerous health problems. Especially in recent years, the world has undergone a great change and extreme weather events are now seen as the new normal. Climate change poses increasing challenges for public health. It is therefore on the international agenda as an important and priority issue. Climate change affects human health and diseases in various ways, along with natural and man-made causes. Some existing health threats are predicted to intensify, and new health threats will emerge. Variables such as age, economic resources and location determine the degree of risk. Climate change has a multifactorial, highly complex matrix of direct and indirect effects that have the potential to threaten international health security, such as global climate change, migration and health emergencies. It encompasses such various patterns that can affect human health synergistically like environmental pollution, the emergence of invasive species and new pathogens, food security, forest fires and a wide variety of devastating weather events. Increasing awareness on the relationship between health and climate change has the potential to have a catalytic effect on the process of combating climate change. In the paper, the effects of climate change on health, health emergencies, migration, health security and its relationship with health systems are focused with the aim of contributing to the literature in the field of deepening climate crisis and its health outcomes.

Keywords

Climate Change, Health, Combating Climate Change, Health Emergencies.

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