One Health Approaches to Climate Change Resilience in Veterinary Public Health

Climate change is fundamentally transforming the field of veterinary epidemiology and economics by intensifying and diversifying the risks at the human–animal–environment interface. The shifting climate affects pathogen survival rates, alters vector ecology, disrupts wildlife migration patterns, and impacts livestock production systems. This leads not only to the emergence and redistribution of infectious animal diseases, but also increases the threat of zoonotic spillover events. Furthermore, extreme weather conditions exacerbate market volatility and strain veterinary services, resulting in growing disparities in animal health outcomes across regions and production systems. Current scientific evidence highlights these evolving risks, underscoring an increasing temporal and spatial unpredictability for disease outbreaks, yet persistent gaps remain in translating these insights into actionable guidance. While a One Health perspective promises integrated animal, environmental, and human health monitoring, critical questions remain about the best epidemiological and economic strategies to deploy under rapidly changing climate scenarios.This Research Topic aims to advance the field by fostering high-quality, comparable evidence on the design, assessment, and impact of One Health interventions that address climate-affected veterinary public health. A key goal is to quantify climate-sensitive animal and zoonotic disease risks through robust epidemiological research, while also systematically evaluating the cost-effectiveness, equity, and operational feasibility of interventions such as vaccination, vector control, and early warning systems. Another central aim is the development of integrative decision-support tools that leverage environmental, animal, and socioeconomic data to inform both surveillance and policy. Ultimately, this collection seeks to provide clear, actionable advice for veterinary public health preparedness and to support resilient food systems in light of escalating climate uncertainties.This Research Topic welcomes original research, systematic reviews, and analytical contributions that fall within the following boundaries: investigations should meaningfully explore links among climate change, veterinary epidemiology, economic evaluation, and One Health for animal and zoonotic disease prevention, detection, and control. The limits of this Research Topic include a focus on applied and methodological insights relevant to real-world practice and policy in veterinary public health.We invite articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:Climate-informed disease mapping and spatiotemporal modeling of animal and zoonotic disease risksIntegrated One Health surveillance: system design, data linkage, uncertainty analysis, and performance evaluationEconomic impact assessments of disease outbreaks and climate-linked shocks on livestock systems and value chainsCost–benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses of adaptation and mitigation interventions in veterinary health (e.g., vaccination strategies, heat stress mitigation, vector control)Equity and distributional analyses addressing impacts on smallholder farmers, pastoralists, and other vulnerable groupsPolicy evaluation and implementation science for veterinary public health under climate changeScenario analysis, systems modeling, and decision-making under deep uncertaintyWe welcome Original Research, Methods, Systematic Reviews, Brief Research Reports, Mini Reviews, Perspectives with a clear focus on veterinary epidemiology or economics. Topic editors: Debora Da Cruz Payão Pellegrini, Wagner Tassinari Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/77601/one-health-approaches-to-climate-change-resilience-in-veterinary-public-health