Abstract
ABSTRACTFacing complex issues such as climate change and its effects on public health require the participation of various actors. The research tool citizen science is one way for people to get involved. Through it, citizens collaborate with scientists to find solutions to problems in their territories. From a participatory work with citizens, we designed a taxonomy proposal, which can facilitate citizen and community action in suggesting research ideas. We expect stakeholders to use it to systematically classify and code initial questions and answers on public health and climate change issues. The development of this taxonomy integrates the global agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in such a way that citizens not only help their communities but also, the direct fulfillment of SDGs such as Climate Action (SDG 13), indirectly impacting other SDGs — given their interdependent nature (SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 6, SDG 7, SDG 11, SDG 12). The systematic classification and coding of citizens’ contributions worldwide will contribute to the large-scale organized collection of information to be analyzed in proposing better responses to reduce the impacts of climate change on health.
Highlights
Climate change is a complex terrestrial phenomenon of periodic alterations of local and regional weather patterns
The current climate change is the result of the excessive concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG), mainly CO2, emitted by the production and consumption activities of our human species1
To facilitate the participation of more people in science and public decision-making, we propose a taxonomy for citizen action to classify and harmonize into categories and subcategories all ideas related to the protection of public health, and adapt to and mitigate anthropogenic climate change
Summary
Climate change is a complex terrestrial phenomenon of periodic alterations of local and regional weather patterns. Changes in meteorological variables such as rain and humidity, and higher temperatures alter vector dynamics, exposing people to diseases transmitted via vectors and zoonoses whose presence and proliferation was impossible. Changes in meteorological variables such as rain and humidity, and higher temperatures alter vector dynamics, exposing people to diseases transmitted via vectors and zoonoses whose presence and proliferation was impossible13–16 Another such effect includes air quality, especially due to chronic exposition to ozone (O3) in urban areas following the higher global temperature. To facilitate the participation of more people in science and public decision-making, we propose a taxonomy for citizen action to classify and harmonize into categories and subcategories all ideas related to the protection of public health, and adapt to and mitigate anthropogenic climate change
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