BC3. Basque centre for climate change – Klima aldaketa ikergai

Seminar / Mintegia / Seminario
The benefits and costs of heat waves prevention in a context of rising temperatures.

Gerardo Sanchez (PhD. student, UPV/EHU)

ABSTRACT: Heat waves are a serious threat to communities? health, particularly in urban settings. Heat-related health risks are increasing due to current trends of population ageing, fast urbanization and rising temperatures related to climate change.

However, public health prevention of heat waves is still not widespread, mainly because of resource constraints and uncertainty about the costs incurred and benefits achieved. Several available health valuation techniques can provide the basis for a cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis framework of this type of prevention.

While there is no standardized procedure for such analysis as yet, even an exploration of methodological steps could prove useful for public health authorities considering the implementation of heat prevention plans. Ultimately, only cost-beneficial and/or cost-effective adaptation options are likely to be adopted in a context of multiple competing public health priorities.

Faculty of Sarriko, 12:00 Room B.015

* The Seminar will be in English. / Mintegia ingelesez burutuko da. / El seminario se realizará en inglés.