SS03 CLIMATE CHANGES AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Abstract

The session ‘Climate changes and occupational safety and health’ (OSH) aims to have five presentations: a general approach of the negative OSH impact of climate change on organizations; climate changes and aging workers; climate change and its impact on OSH of Sherpa mountaineers; Arctic cooperation for developing a framework of activities for managing thermal strain at outdoors workplaces in a changing climate; and the connections among poverty, education, work and the climate agenda. The presentations are to explore and discuss: a) the negative OSH impact of climate change on organizations and their workers examining related health and safety risk and risk management strategies; b) the emerging research on the relationships between older workers and the impacts of climate change and the implications for research in occupational health; c) the study of the effect of climate change factors on the job of Sherpa mountaineers on expedition to Mount Everest; d) planning a holistic framework for managing thermal strain in outdoor work in the Arctic; and e) the outcomes of a survey on poverty, education, work and climate change.