{"id":1662,"date":"2024-09-16T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/adapte-adaptacion-a-los-impactos-de-la-contaminacion-del-aire-y-los-extremos-climaticos-en-la-salud-en-ciudades-latinoamericanas-sgp-hd-013\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:15:13","slug":"adapte-adaptacion-a-los-impactos-de-la-contaminacion-del-aire-y-los-extremos-climaticos-en-la-salud-en-ciudades-latinoamericanas-sgp-hd-013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/adapte-adaptacion-a-los-impactos-de-la-contaminacion-del-aire-y-los-extremos-climaticos-en-la-salud-en-ciudades-latinoamericanas-sgp-hd-013\/","title":{"rendered":"ADAPTE: Adaptation to the health impacts of air pollution and climate extremes in Latin American cities (SGP-HD 013)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2017-HD\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2017-HD.jpg\" width=\"690\"\/><br\/><em>1 Santiago de Chile: view of a city over which smog stagnates<br\/>2 Time series: temperature (blue) and cardiovascular mortality (red). The graphs for Mexico City and<br\/>3 Santiago show an inverse relation between temperature and the number of deaths per day due to cardiovascular failure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project information<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Principal investigator:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><em>Rodney Martinez<\/em> (<a href=\"mailto:r.martinez@ciifen-int.org\">r.martinez@ciifen-int.org<\/a>)<br\/>Centro Internacional para la Investigaci\u00f3n del Fen\u00f3meno de El Ni\u00f1o (CIIFEN)<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Project website:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saemc.cmm.uchile.cl\/\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=66&amp;Itemid=68\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/saemc.cmm.uchile.cl\/\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=66&amp;Itemid=68\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/es\/meetings\/detail\/sgp-hd-013#investigadores\">Executive summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Executive summary<\/h3>\n\n<p>Urban areas in Latin America are expected to be increasingly affected by heat waves. Yet we don\u2019t know how vulnerable populations are to these and to the interaction of extreme weather and air pollution. ADAPTE provides expertise from the US and Latin America across disciplines for city authorities to better plan for the effects of extreme weather and air pollution episodes.   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong><br\/>Quantify exposure: what are the impacts of air pollution and weather on human health?<\/p>\n\n<p>Understand vulnerability: how do socio-economic factors affect mortality differences across cities and between neighborhoods?<\/p>\n\n<p>Assess adaptation: how do urban populations and authorities respond to hazards?<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>First results<\/strong><br\/>Inhabitants of Mexico City, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Bogot\u00e1 are at high risk from exposure to high levels of pollution. Particles suspended in the air of these cities exceed World Health Organization (WHO) standards by about 90%, and levels of nitrogen oxides exceeded WHO standards by up to 73%. <\/p>\n\n<p>How exactly pollution and weather interact to affect human health differs by city and season (e.g., warm or cold). During the warm season, inhabitants of Buenos Aires and Mexico City have the highest risk of respiratory mortality, while in Bogot\u00e1, children are most affected during the cold season. Cardiovascular mortality is high for elderly people during the warm season in Bogot\u00e1.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Age and sex, but also income levels determine how susceptible the population is to both hazards. Citizens living in poorer districts of Bogota are more vulnerable. Differences among districts are particularly distinct during the cold season.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Knowledge of these differences in vulnerability to interacting health threats will help with better prevention planning.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"investigadores\">Project investigators<\/h3>\n\n<p>Rodney Martinez \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:r.martinez@ciifen-int.org\">r.martinez@ciifen-int.org<\/a><br\/>Centro Internacional para la Investigaci\u00f3n del Fen\u00f3meno de El Ni\u00f1o (CIIFEN)<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Co-Investigators<\/strong><br\/>Patricia Romero Lankao, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), EE.UU.<br\/>Andrea Lampis, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia<br\/>Roxana Borquez, PROJECTA, Santiago Chile<br\/>Georgelina Hardoy y Gaston Urquiza, IIED, Argentina<br\/>Angelica Rosas Huerta y Griselda Gunther, UAM, M\u00e9xico<br\/>Estudiantes: Rosana Abrutsky, Melissa Haeffner, Rocio Bruna, Diana Rocio Triana.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Link to other projects<\/strong><br\/>This project integrates with CRN 2017.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saemc.cmm.uchile.cl\/\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=66&amp;Itemid=68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Project web page<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SGP-HD_13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF File<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Santiago de Chile: view of a city over which smog stagnates2 Time series: temperature (blue) and cardiovascular mortality (red). 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