Climate change and the IRB review process of a Protocol

Abstract

Introduction: Climate change is a global environmental threat that affects societies involuntarily, making it one of the greatest health inequities present days. Now a day, Research is concentrated on understanding the extensive consequences of climate change on health and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to adjust and alleviate these effects. Special ethical consideration and actions is required in this occasion to address additional ethical questions and concerns than the conventional one. The Institutional Ethical Review Board (IERB) is vital in maintaining ethical standards in research by safeguarding the rights, safety, and well-being of participants. They evaluate research protocols, examine potential risks and benefits, and offer researchers advice on ethical matters and adherence to regulations either by modification/update or continuing review of the protocol. Purpose: Find out the gap and solution between climate change, health research and ethics. Focus: IERB could play a pivotal role to fill this gap by facilitating policy makers about increase awareness of the importance of ethics in this regard, possessing action guide for the health practitioners that reflecting good ethical practice during research and incorporating IERB.