1. Climate Change and Health Dr. Sue Pollock Medical Health Officer, Interior Health Southern Interior Local Government Association Kelowna, April 20, 2016

2.  Terminology  Climate projections  Climate change in the Southern Interior  Health impacts  Adaptation strategies for government  How can the health sector support you? Outline

3. “The evidence is overwhelming: climate change endangers human health.” -Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General

4.  Global warming: increase in Earth’s average surface temperature due to rising levels of greenhouse gases  Climate change: long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth Global warming vs Climate change http://pmm.nasa.gov/education/articles/whats- name-global-warming-vs-climate-change

5. Mitigation vs Adaptation www.ccap.org

6. Global atmospheric CO2

7. Global mean temperature

8. Sea level rise

9. Land ice - Antarctica

10. Arctic sea ice

11. Climate projections in BC http://pacificclimate.org/tools-and-data/plan2adapt

12. BC climate projections: extremes  Increase in extreme hot days  Increase in extreme rainfall  Decrease in extreme cold days  Increase in drought & fires Example: Cariboo Region 2050’s Source: BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative/PCIC

13. BC climate projections: water  More precipitation in winter & spring  Earlier peak flows  Less precipitation in summer  Decrease in spring snowfall & snowpack  Glaciers in advanced stages of retreat

14. Interior climate projections: temperature 2020s: + 1.0°C 2050s: + 1.8°C

15. Interior climate projections: precipitation 2020s: +4% 2050s: +6%

16.  Resource- dependent communities  Already vulnerable populations & communities  Interior & urban settings  Vulnerable water systems Regional impacts www.health.gov.bc.ca/socsec/provmap.html

17. Water quantity Source: BC River Forecast Centre

18. Water quantity

19. Oct. 30, 2015 (Last reporting day of the year)

20. Water quality

22. www.cdc.gov

23. Global change and health risks Global Environmental Change and Human Health, 2007

24. Direct impacts: weather

25. Fires in In BC as of early August 2015

26. Indirect impacts: natural systems  Diseases & pathogens  Water, food, vectors  Air quality & air pollution  Indoor and outdoor

27. Air quality

28. Respiratory conditions

29.  Food & water supply  Socioeconomic impacts  Social & mental stress  Demands on health care services Indirect impacts: human systems

30. Food and agriculture

31.  Effects of climate change felt at local levels  Responsibility to protect their citizens  Address impacts through existing tools, programs and authority  Understanding of local issues Why local governments?

32.  Land use planning  Regulatory powers  Emergency management planning  Civic building policy and building regulation  Infrastructure  Liquid waste management planning  Air quality planning  Biodiversity and conservation Adaptation strategies for government

33. How can the health sector support you?

34. What opportunities do you see for the health sector to support you on climate change?

35.  Brent Harris - Interior Health  Erica Crawford - BC Healthy Communities  Interior Health Climate Change Working Group Acknowledgements

36. sue.pollock@interiorhealth.ca Thank-you!