ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the increasing climate-induced health risks are due to human activities, which ignore the strengths of people. Human beings urgently need to develop a sense of responsibility owed to each other and nature. To achieve this, there is a necessity to engage with sociocultural perspectives of people beyond institutional frameworks. Global institutions that are responsible for preventing and responding to climate-induced health challenges need to question their own policies and frameworks. Above all, they need to reconsider whether the colonial model of prevention and response frameworks under benevolent capitalism is appropriate. The sociocultural perspective, which is mainly based on generational learning, must be systematised and collaboratively validated. Such a knowledge should be shared commonly for reducing climate-induced health risks in island states and beyond. Understanding the sociocultural experiences of people at the macro and micro levels with a clear perspective and goal to bring forth a positive change is fundamental for correct action. Before action is taken, the underlying values need to be critically understood. Once such conditions as outlined here are met, the action–reflection–action process becomes an instrument for initiating and reinforcing the positive changes to improve health and wellbeing within the context of climate change globally.
