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The Climate Gap
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The Climate Gap
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Active Transportation Co-Benefits
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• Reductions– Air pollution– Noise– Infrastructure costs– Community severance– GHG emissions
• Increases– Physical activity– Social capital
Reductions Respiratory disease Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Depression Osteoporosis Cancer Stress
Avoidable increases Bike/ped injuries
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Heat Resilience Co-Benefits• Urban greening
– Places to be active– Healthy food access– Reduce storm water run-off– Decrease flooding risk– Replenish groundwater– Improve aesthetics– Reduce crime
• Reduce heat island effect– Reduce heat illness risk– Decrease energy consumption– Lower energy costs– Reduce air pollution
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Climate Change and Health
• Climate change has direct impacts on health & well-being• Climate change is a threat multiplier
– Climate change exacerbates existing health challenges• Climate change disproportionately impacts vulnerable
populations and disadvantaged communities• Climate change effects the systems on which human life
depends – air, water, food, shelter, security.• Co-benefits offer many opportunities to simultaneously
improve health and address climate change
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What is happening now?
• Greenhouse gas emissions increasing• Current actions not consistent with
temperature increase less than 20C• Require substantial cuts in emissions by
mid-century through large-scale changes in energy systems and possibly land use
• Delay makes transition substantially more difficult and costly, and narrows options
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http://www.ipcc.ch
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Public Health has a Key Role
– High value on health, clean air & water, toxin-free, access to parks/green
• Health professionals credible and trusted• Our language – prevention & protection -
resonates• Health frame engenders interest in climate
action• Co-benefits provide hope and immediacy• Climate actions & health actions aligned
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