The vast impact of the climate crisis on human health calls for immediate evidence-based mitigation and adaptation action. The research evidence base that would enable decision makers to confidently take decisions for action has been growing exponentially, and while this could be regarded as something positive, it also makes synthesis of evidence challenging and time consuming. To enable the continued production of comprehensive and non-biased data synthesis in various domains, numerous automation tools for evidence surveillance have been developed and deployed, but their suitability and usability for climate and health research, policy and practice has been largely neglected. In this research programme, deeply rooted in the concept of knowledge co-production, we are assessing user needs and practices for climate and health evidence synthesis, compiling and evaluating the use of digital evidence synthesis tools in climate and health, and developing detailed recommendations on priority areas for applications and the development of digital evidence synthesis tools.

This database is part of the above project, funded by Wellcome Trust, and is very much 'work in progress'. We make it available however, as part of project transparency, and because the emerging 'map' of DEST use provides interesting insights already.

Please cite this database as:

Bond, M., O'Mara-Eves, A., O'Driscoll, P., Thomas, J., Minx, J., Callaghan, M., Finnerty, A., & Scheelbeek, P. (2024). Digital Evidence Synthesis Tool Use in Climate and Health. EPPI Visualiser database. https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/eppi-vis/login/open?webdbid=505