Climate Change Resources for Health Professionals

Climate Change and Health Confernce. Globe and Mail, Canadian Medical Association, Trottier Family Foundation. Oct 6, 2025. Video recording of full afternoon. PPT for Kim Perrotta.

The Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals was co-authored, edited and produced by Kim Perrotta while working as the Executive Director for CAPE – the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – in 2019.

The whole toolkit can be accessed in English and French.

The eight stand-alone but complementary modules can be accessed individually below.

Module 1: Climate Change – Science, Drivers & Commitments. Alice McGushin. April 2019. 18 pages. Click here.

Module 2: Global Health Impacts of Climate Change. Alice McGushin. April 2019. 19 pages. Click here.

Module 3: Climate Change Health Impacts Across Canada. Helen Doyle. 2019. 41 pages Click here.

Module 5: Climate Change Solutions with Immediate Health Benefits. Ronald Mcfarlane and Kim Perrotta. April 2019. 37 pages. Click here.

Module 4: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada by Sector and Region. Bora Plumptre from the Pembina Institute. April 2019. 35 pages. Click here.

Module 6: Taking Action on Climate Change at Health Facilities. Linda Varangu from the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (CCGHC). April 2019. 39 pages. Click here.

Module 7: Preparing for Climate Change in our Communities. Carol Mee. April 2019. 23 pages. Click here.

Module 8: Engaging in Climate Change Solutions as Health Professionals. Kim Perrotta with Alice McGushin. April 2019. 18 pages. Click here.

PRESENTATION: CAPE Climate Change Toolkit – Education to Action. Kim Perrotta. Climate Emergency-Taking Action on Planetary Health Conference. UBC-CDP & CAPE-BC. Oct 29, 2022 View PPT

PRESENTATION: Responding to Climate Change as Public Health Professionals. Kim Perrotta, CHASE. National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) Webinar. June 25, 2020.

PRESENTATION: Addressing Climate Change as a Public Health Professional. Kim Perrotta, CHASE. CPHA Annual Conference Workshop. Oct 16, 2020.

BLOG: Excerpts from the Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and Health report. Kim Perrotta, CHASE. Dec 2020. Click here.

Call to Action on Climate Change and Health. Prepared by Kim Perrotta with input from Dr. Courtney Howard and the staff at the CPHA, CMA and CNA. Feb 2019; Updated Dec 2019. Call to Action -English and Call to Action – French.

BLOG: Highlights from Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and Health 2018. Kim Perrotta. Dec 2018. Click here.

BLOG: Highlights from the Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and Health 2017. Kim Perrotta. December 2017. Click here.