Nurses, climate change and health
- Abstract
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) concurs with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that climate change has emerged as a new threat to public health. ICN acknowledges climate change as an important issue for the nursing profession, particularly in light of the impact on people’s health and nursing’s shared responsibility to sustain and protect the natural environment from depletion, pollution, degradation and destruction. Adverse health impacts of climate change will affect health systems and health care delivery.
- Resource Type
- Position paper/statement
- Author
- International Council of Nurses (ICN)
- Resource URL
- http://www.icn.ch/images/stories/documents/publications/position_statements/E08_Nurses_Climate_Change_Health.pdf
- Date
- 2008
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Overview/general
- Solution
- Public health/health sector response
- Other
- Advocacy Vulnerable populations