Global bioethics issues: forum on health and climate change

the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will host the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR), with the main theme of discussion centered around "ethical issues arising in health and climate change research."The GFBR will specifically focus on the ethics of health and climate change research, including interventions at all levels to respond to the health impacts of climate change, with particular emphasis on low-and middle-income countries.Research in this area often involves rigorous methods to generate data aimed at better understanding the effects of climate change on health, including the health of non-human aspects of the biosphere, and determining ways to better protect and promote both human and non-human health in the face of climate change.The interdependence of human and non-human health means that research on health and climate change is not limited to medical, health, or life sciences.Findings from research in areas not traditionally associated with healthcare, such as environmental science, entomology, veterinary sciences, and climatology, may also be relevant.The GFBR will take a very broad approach to the concepts of health.The importance of indigenous perspectives and voices in climate change means that the GFBR will also include viewpoints