About the Authors

Colin J. Carlson

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

colin.carlson@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Mohammad Shafiul Alam

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Michelle A. North

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Esther Onyango

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Montevideo, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), Montevideo, Uruguay

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CJC, MAN, EO, and AMSI are contributors to the sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. EO is a consultant with the WHO Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health: Health and Climate Change Unit, Geneva. AS serves as a Section Editor at PLOS Climate. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author (ASI). They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) or its Parties. The designations employed in this publication and the presentation of material therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the IAI concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers.