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The Lancet has called climate change the biggest global health threat of the 21st century – and also the greatest health opportunity. Many things we can do to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and improve health outcomes in the long term also have short-term health co-benefits, such as phasing out coal plants.
Factsheets & Backgrounders
- CAPE Factsheet – Code Green: Climate Change
- Feuillet d’informations – Code Vert: Changement climatique
- CAPE Climate Change and Health Poster
- CAPE Climate Change and Health Flyer
- Flyer: Changements climatiques et la santé
- CAPE Factsheet: Divestment for Health
- Document d’information: Désinvestissement pour la santé
- Seasonal Climate Change Flyer (Version 1, Version 2)
- Seasonal Climate Change Poster (Version 1, Version 2)
Position Statements and Policy Documents
- Summary Notes: Statement on The Transpacific Partnership to Canada’s Committee on International Trade (2016)
- CAPE Statement on The Transpacific Partnership to Canada’s Committee on International Trade (2016)
- Climate Change and Human Health (CMA 2010)
Presentations
- Using Health to Win Policies that Protect People and the Planet – Kim Perrotta (April 2017)
- Planetary Health Alliance inaugural annual meeting (May 2017)
Dr. Courtney Howard, Session VI “Making Change” at 46:10 - Closing the Gap: Better Health for All (Upstream conference April 2017)
- Dr. Courtney Howard on Climate Health at 2:18:15
- Dr. Trevor Hancock on Planetary Health at 2:01:14
Ads
- Climate Change and Health Ad (Sept 2015)
Background & Scientific Documents
- The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change (2016)
- Investing in Health: The Australian health professions and fossil fuel divestment (Doctors for the Environment Australia 2016)
- Global Climate and Health Alliance: Health and Climate at COP21 and Beyond (2015)
- Global Climate and Health Alliance: Health in Paris – A Resource Pack for Health Professionals Engaging with the 2015 UN COP21 Climate Change Negotiations (2015)
- IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2013/2014)
- IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007)
- World Health Organization: Climate Change and Human Health
- Health Canada: Climate Change and Health
- The Lancet Commission on Climate Change
- CMA Policy: Climate Change and Human Health
- Climate change will ‘lead to battles for food’, says head of World Bank. Dr. Jim Yong Kim urges campaigners and scientists to work together to form a coherent plan in the fight against climate change. April 2014.
- Jim Yong Kim, MD: Make 2014 the turning point on climate. January 2014.
- Fossil fuel companies and climate change: the case for divestment. BMJ Editorial, June 2015
- From public to planetary health: a manifesto. The Lancet Editorial, March 2014
- Climate change and human survival. BMJ Editorial, March 2014
- Climate change is a health emergency. BMJ Editorial, April 2014
- British Medical Journal Spotlight on Climate Change Series
- NEJM 2013 Review Article. McMichael A, “Globalization, Climate Change and Human Health“
- Lancet and University College London Commission on Climate Change Series
- Abelsohn, A, Rachlis V, Vakil C. “Climate Change: Should Family Physicians and Family Medicine Organizations Pay Attention?” Canadian Family Physician, May 2013.
- Sibbald, B. “Physicians Roles on the Front Line of Climate Change. “ CMAJ Editorial, Feb 2013
- HSBC report on ‘unburnable carbon’ (2013)
- World Bank: Fighting Climate Change Would Boost Global Economy Up To $2.6 Trillion A Year (theenergycollective)
Media Clips
- Dr. Courtney Howard on Fracking and Health
- Scotiabank and CFPC: time for a frank talk
- Don’t be misled by incomplete facts about effects of coal burning on air quality and health
- Impact of climate change on human health
- A good week for people — and the planet
- A price is right: The health case for a price on pollution
- It’s time to clear the air on Canada’s coal-fired electricity
- Opinion: B.C.’s climate plan is a public health failure
- Clearing the air on climate change: Acting now could save lives around the world
- Beyond Frozen Ground: Climate Change and Health
- Act now to prevent global flooding
- Let’s talk about coal, climate, and health
- Canada’s climate plan can improve human health both at home and abroad
- Courtney Howard on doctors’ climate change letter to Trudeau
- Open letter from Canadian physicians to Justin Trudeau
- Phasing out coal could happen, says Sierra Club rep who will speak at Alberta climate summit
- Canadian Medical Association Divesting Fossil Fuel Holdings
- Doctors call for divestment from fossil fuels
- Dr. Courtney Howard on oil sands health impact monitoring
Press Releases
- Climate Action Network Canada Reacts to Trump’s Decision on Paris – June 1, 2017
- Coal-fired power worsening health and climate nation-wide – November 21, 2016
- Leading environmental and health organizations call on the federal government to phase-out coal in advance of the first ministers meeting – November 16, 2016
- Reject Pacific Northwest LNG Project until Health Impact Assessment is conducted! – September 13, 2016
- Health organizations call for phase-out of Canada’s coal plants – June 14, 2016
- Health professionals around the world call for end of coal power – May 18, 2016
- Canadian Health Professionals Applaud Paris Climate Change Agreement – Dec 14, 2015
- Doctors unite for Day of Global Climate Action – Oct 13 2015
- Coal Phase-Out Expert Visits Alberta – Sept. 8, 2015
- Canadian Medical Association Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Aug. 26, 2015
- Alberta’s Climate Change Plan Should Give Top Priority to Accelerated Coal Phase-Out – Aug. 14, 2015
- Press Backgrounder: Accelerating Alberta’s Coal Phase-Out – Aug. 14, 2015
- Closure of massive Lambton coal plant will improve human health and help fight climate change – Oct. 29, 2013
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