Session 9: Adaptation, sustainability and conclusion

Health and Environment · Fri 20 Nov 2026 · 2h

Teaching›Health and Environment›Course material 2026/27›Session 9

Slides

The slides will be linked here before the session. They are in the student area, so you will be asked for the module password 🔒.

Readings

Read the core readings before the session. The further readings are optional.

Core

Barreca A, Clay K, Deschenes O, Greenstone M, Shapiro JS (2016). Adapting to climate change: the remarkable decline in the US temperature-mortality relationship over the twentieth century. Journal of Political Economy, 124(1), 105–159.

Ebi KL, Capon A, Berry P, et al. (2021). Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks. The Lancet, 398(10301), 698–708.

Further

Carleton T, Jina A, Delgado M, et al. (2022). Valuing the global mortality consequences of climate change accounting for adaptation costs and benefits. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(4), 2037–2105.

World Health Organization (2023). Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems. Geneva: WHO.