Open AccessBarriers and Enablers for Integrating Public Health Cobenefits in Urban Climate Policy
Author(s) -
Maya Negev,
Leonardo Zea-Reyes,
Livio Caputo,
Gudrun Weinmayr,
Clive Potter,
Audrey de Nazelle
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annual review of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.239
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1545-2093
pISSN - 0163-7525
DOI - 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-052020-010820
Subject(s) - coproduction , urban policy , public health , environmental planning , health policy , action (physics) , political science , urban planning , politics , public relations , climate policy , public policy , business , climate change , health care , medicine , geography , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics , law , ecology , biology
Urban climate policy offers a significant opportunity to promote improved public health. The evidence around climate and health cobenefits is growing but has yet to translate into widespread integrated policies. This article presents two systematic reviews: first, looking at quantified cobenefits of urban climate policies, where transportation, land use, and buildings emerge as the most studied sectors; and second, looking at review papers exploring the barriers and enablers for integrating these health cobenefits into urban policies. The latter reveals wide agreement concerning the need to improve the evidence base for cobenefits and consensus about the need for greater political will and leadership on this issue. Systems thinking may offer a way forward to help embrace complexity and integrate health cobenefits into decision making. Knowledge coproduction to bring stakeholders together and advance policy-relevant research for urban health will also be required. Action is needed to bring these two important policy agendas together.