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Currently, the world is facing many challenges such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, increasing refugees and migration, growing rivalries among nations due to the geopolitical shifts. Climate-related migration and its health implications is a hot topic for many countries. Impacts of climate change are global and unprecedented- ranging from shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was set up by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment to provide an objective source of scientific information. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat is the United Nations entity supporting the global response to climate change as enshrined in the Convention and the Paris Agreement and contributes to progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD)-13 on climate action. The 2019 Climate Action Summit- highlighted how climate action can have tangible and beneficial impacts on people’s lives, including on their jobs and health, and therefore the need to align policies and systems to accelerate the implementation of both the Paris Agreement and the SDGs.

Climate-related health hazards include- malnutrition, increased propagation of vector-borne diseases (malaria, dengue), heat stress etc. Slow-onset events such as sea-level rise, droughts, clean water availability, the viability of crops, leads to the migration of people due to their adverse impacts. Climate change could further impact sources of income, living conditions, and conflict over scarce resources, as well as limiting access to health care. This might eventually become a driver for migration, either a last resort or an adaptive health-seeking response. Thus, climate change has directly devastating effects on health security; therefore, strengthening global health security becomes the greatest challenge for the global community. Migrants are vulnerable to direct and indirect impacts of climate change on health due to lack of access to healthcare & social services, poor living and working conditions, limited access to rights, challenges of inclusion in host communities and need specific physical and mental health needs.

This Special issue will explore to address the new challenges of global governance frameworks for addressing the impacts of climate change and migration on health. The health impacts can vary from physical aspects to mental health domains impacting the health systems. Researchers are invited to submit manuscripts addressing these challenges in the form of original research papers, review articles, commentaries, expert opinions, and commentaries. Papers addressing the nexus of climate change, migration and health from human rights organizations, migrant & refugee health organizations, research institutions at global and regional level are especially welcome.

Keywords: Climate change; climate migration; global health; forced migration; health security; malnutrition; food security; vector-borne diseases; healthcare; mental health

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