Climate change is already causing morbidity and mortality, with risks projected to increase significantly in coming decades if no additional public health preventions are implemented.  The impacts disproportionally affect populations in low- and middle-income countries.  Dr. Dasgupta’s excellent book Climate Sensitive Adaptation in Health: Imperatives for India in a Developing Economy Context reviews the health risks of climate change, outlines ... Read morean operational framework for health adaptation, and describes the socioeconomic context for adaptation in India.  Managing the current burden of climate-sensitive health outcomes, such as undernutrition, malaria, and diarrheal disease, means ensuring universal access to safe water, improved sanitation, vaccination, and child health services, and enhancing disaster risk management as extreme weather and climate events increase in frequency and intensity.  Developing effective and efficient longer-term adaptation policiesand programs requires capacity building at local to national levels, enhanced and sustained surveillance, early warning systems, and research and development.  The book provides much needed critical and practical insights for facilitating the transition to climate-resilient health systems. -  Kristie L. Ebi Professor, Departments of Global Health and Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, University of Washington, USA This is a forward looking volume focusing on the interface between health policy and climate change, a subject little researched in India. Climate change is expected to result in an increase in extreme events such as cyclones, floods and heat waves. This pioneering work contributes to an the understanding of the preparedness in India to manage health risks from such change on the basis of detailed data analysis, both from large national surveys and contextualized field based surveys.Thein-depth analysis provides insights into interventions required in health policy in the short run and directions for an innovative design of adaptation measures in the longer run. The study, a first of its kind will be of interest to experts in health policy and researchers working on climate change, adaptation measures and sustainable development. -  Kanchan ChopraFormer Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India                                                                                    Show Less