Health

• Social inequalities in exposure, risk and adaptation, and their determinants;

• Individual and organisational responses to adaptation, and their determinants;

• Preventive adaptation for construction and land use;

• Zoonoses;

• Dissemination, transfer and use of knowledge and skills.

Support adaptation research; disseminate knowledge, expertise and solutions for the reduction of greenhouse gases and adaptation to climate change; and prevent and control diseases, injuries, mortality and psychosocial impacts.

• Contribute to the establishment of an intersectoral and interdisciplinary research partnership comprised of existing - possibly independent- organizations focused on identifying and countering social inequalities related to exposure to climate and environmental risks;

• Contribute to the establishment of a research program focused on behavioural determinants and psychosocial impacts related to major natural disasters;

• Contribute to the creation of a virtual observatory of the evolution of adaptation implementation;

• Analyze risks related to zoonoses, as well as the effectiveness of public health strategies;

• Support appropriate transfer and use of knowledge about climate change, particularly related to the public-health impacts of land-use planning and construction.