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Climate Change& Health
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What is the issue?
Source: http://engage.gov.bc.ca/climateleadership/
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What are the health impacts?
Source: http://www.climatehealthbc.ca/
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Who will be affected?
Who will be affected?
Source: http://www.climatehealthbc.ca/
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✓Vancouver’s Climate Change Action Plan✓Vancouver’s Renewable City Strategy
✓LMHO GreenCare Strategic Framework
✓B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan
✓Canada’s National Climate Change Plan (TBD)
✓UN Climate Change Conference, Paris COP21
What’s the plan?
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Vancouver’s Climate Change Action Plan
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Vancouver’s Renewable City Plan
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GreenCare’s Strategic Framework “refresh”
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BC’s Climate Leadership Plan
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Criteria for Successful Climate Action in BC
✓ Increasing the level and scope of the carbon tax
✓ Increasing the stringency of the low-carbon fuel standard
✓Strengthening building standards to reduce carbon pollution
✓ Implementing a zero-emission vehicle standard for motor vehicles with sales targets
✓Regulating LNG and natural gas production to reduce carbon pollution
Source: http://www.news1130.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2015/11/20/Release-and-Open-Letter-to-Premier-Clark-Climate-Leadership-Plan.pdf
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National Climate Change Plan
… to be continued ...
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UN Climate Change Conference (COP21)
✓hosted by France from 30 November to 11 December✓147 Heads of State from 190 countries
✓aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate to keep global warming below 2°C
✓build on:✓2009 Copenhagen: developed countries committed to
raising $100 billion per year by 2020 to help developing countries cope with climate change.
✓2014 ‘Lima Call For Climate Action’: a draft for a new global climate deal
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What can G+L do?
✓ In Your Homes and Communities- Improve stormwater drainage on your property - Join the Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program- Grow your own food at home or in a community garden - Provide sufficient space, water and nutrients for your trees
✓ In Your City
- engage in municipal processes post-COP21 (+2 friends)
✓ In B.C. and Globally- B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan: review draft (Dec)- Global Climate March (Nov 29)
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Resources
✓Climate Change & Health Policy Group (CCHPG) http://www.climatehealthbc.ca/#!resources/c1yjv
✓The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care http://greenhealthcare.ca/
✓Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) http://ecofiscal.ca/reports/
✓Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission http://ecofiscal.ca/reports/provincial-carbon-pricing-competitiveness-pressures/
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Thank you!