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Climate Change and Health - Resources

alPHa strongly agrees that climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century and as such is the defining public health issue of our time. We believe that impacts of human activity on climate change and its observable health effects due to more frequent extreme weather events, changing patterns of infectious diseases, and threats to the quality of our air, food and water are irrefutable. We also believe that there is an important opportunity to develop a multi-disciplinary climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy to minimize the effects of climate change on health.

On this page, alPHa will curate a list of resources related to climate change and health that we believe will be useful to our members and partners as policy responses to climate change and health are formulated.

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alPHa Resources (please see the library collection below for the alPHa Climate Change Liaison Reports).

alPHa Letter - 2019 Climate Change Resolutions A19-1 & 2 alPHa Resolution A19-1 – Climate Change and Health in Ontario: Adaptation and Mitigation *

alPHa Resolution A19-2 – Affirming the Impact of Climate Change on Health

COMOH letter - Endorsement of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's 2018 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report and recommendations

Public Health Partner Resources

Public Health Ontario -  2024 evidence synthesis: Moving Towards Surveillance of Climate Change Health Impacts.
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Annual Report 2022: Lays out a roadmap for the broader public health system in Canada to organize and mobilize around climate-health action. Executive Summary available here
PHO Rounds
Building Climate Resilient Health Systems: Lessons from Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate-Science Assessment 2022
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Municipal Climate Change Action Plan in Ontario  
Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) – Health-focused Climate Communications Campaign
Canadian Public Health Agency (CPHA) – Climate Change is a Public Health Emergency

Other Health Resources

Canadian Medical Association (CMA) – Climate Change and Human Health
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) – Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals and Call to Action on Climate Change (Please note that the Call to Action is framed as a 2019 Federal Election issue).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Climate Effects on Human Health
World Health Organization (WHO) – Climate Change and Human Health
The Lancet - 2018 report of  Countdown on health and climate change (*contains the recommendations referred to in alPHa Resolution A19-1).

Government Resources

Government of Ontario: The Ontario Climate Change and Health Toolkit (Sept 2023)

Government of Ontario: Ontario Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment (Jan 2023)

Health Canada: Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action.

Government of Canada – Public Health and Climate Change and Climate Change Fact Sheets

Government of Canada - Glossary on Climate Change and Public Health

   

alPHa Climate Change Liaison Reports

Item Name Posted By Date Posted
Report #10 - November 2023 PDF (167.4 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #9 - September 2023 PDF (400.51 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #8 - June 2023 PDF (313.66 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #7 - February 2023 PDF (270.75 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #6 - November 2022 PDF (385.97 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #5 - June 2022 PDF (400.46 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #4 - February 2022 PDF (263.43 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #3 - September 2021 PDF (208.57 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #2 - June 2021 PDF (243.51 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #1 - January 2020 PDF (251.61 KB) Administration 2024-02-01
Report #12 - May 2024 PDF (241.95 KB) Administration 2024-06-12
Report #11 - February 2024 PDF (202.68 KB) Administration 2024-06-12
Report #14 - November 2024 PDF (173.59 KB) Administration 2025-04-25
Report #13 - September 2024 PDF (221.97 KB) Administration 2025-04-25
Report #15 - February 2025 PDF (175.39 KB) Administration 2025-04-25

Local Board Actions - Climate Change

Item Name Posted By Date Posted
Transform TO Link  more ] Administration 2019-08-06
HKPR_Briefing_Note_-_Climate_Change_and_Health.pdf PDF (650.08 KB) Administration 2023-09-19
HKPR_Climate_Change_and_Health_-_Municipal_Pre.pdf PDF (770.17 KB) Administration 2023-09-19
HKPR_Executive-Summary_Climate-Change-Health-V.pdf PDF (1.99 MB) Administration 2023-09-19
HKPR - Emergency Prep & Climate Change page Link Administration 2023-09-19
Northern Ontario - Climate Change Health Impacts PDF (5.32 MB)  more ] Administration 2024-02-06
SMDHU - Climate Change PDF (4.91 MB)  more ] Administration 2024-02-06
Local PHU Climate Change Resources PDF (160.37 KB)  more ] Administration 2024-02-07
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