ABSTRACT
The recognition-level index demonstrates that only a few countries, such as the United Kingdom (UK), Jordan, and Canada, recognize all climate change related health risks that are currently discussed in academia. The distribution shows that states’ understanding of the nexus between climate change and health is still rather narrow. Tertiary climate change related health risks, such as risks related to migration, conflicts, and mental health, are addressed by only a very few states. In terms of adaptation types, the vast majority of health adaptation measures constitute recommendations, strategies and plans, and measures in the category “research and development”. Adaptation-level initiatives are largely underrepresented compared with groundwork-level initiatives. Climate change is a very complex topic with high levels of uncertainty. The information that states receive on climate change and health, how they perceive the information, and how they use it to prepare for the future are all dependent on a number of significant factors.
