Climate Mitigation, Health and Equity

This project examines public health’s role promoting policies and programs that can mitigate climate change at a local level, while also improving health and health equity. It was conducted in collaboration with the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), with support from the Ontario Public Health Association, and funding from the McConnell Foundation.

REPORT

CLIMATE CHANGE, POPULATION HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY: Public health strategies and five climate solutions that produce health and health equity benefits. CPHA, CHASE, OPHA. Kim Perrotta. November. 2023

PROMOUVOIR LA SANTÉ DES POPULATIONS, L’ÉQUITÉ EN SANTÉ ET L’ACTION CLIMATIQUE
Des stratégies de santé publique et cinq solutions climatiques bénéfiques pour la santé et l’équité en santé. CPHA, CHASE, OPHA. Kim Perrotta. Novembre 2023

PRESENTATIONS

PRESENTATION: Environmental Policy Class, Masters in Planning, Queen’s University. Climate Change and Health. Kim Perrotta. November 13, 2024. View PPT.

PRESENTATION: Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health & Sustainable Care, U of T. Climate Health Symposium. Making the Health Case for Climate Action. Kim Perrotta. Oct 22, 2024. View PPT.

PRESENTATION: GTA Clean Air Council. Making the Health and Health Equity Case for Local Climate Solutions. Kim Perrotta. Feb 28, 2024. View PPT

PRESENTATION: Municipal Climate Action Plans Workshop. ICLEI Livable Cities Forum. Climate Change and Health Equity. Kim Perrotta. Sept 27, 2023. View PPT

PRESENTATION: CIPHI Alberta Webinar. Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. Kim Perrotta MHSc. CIPHI Alberta Webinar. Sept 28, 2023 View PPT

Local Climate Action that Improves Health & Health Equity

Blog: Public Transit – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, June 2024.

Factsheet: Public Transit- improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change.

Blog: Walkable Neighbourhoods – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. 2024

Factsheet: Walkable Neighbourhoods – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024.

Blog: Active Transportation – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024

Factsheet: Active Transportation Infrastructure – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024

Blog: Green Space – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. 2024

Factsheet: Green Space – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024

Blog: Green Buildings – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024

Factsheet: Green Buildings – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. CHASE, 2024.

Public Health Strategies & Case Studies

Blog: Public Health Strategies – Improving Health and Health Equity while Fighting Climate Change. June 2024. CHASE, 2024.

Case #1: Public Health and Planning Co-Creating 15-Minute Neighbourhoods in Ottawa

Case #1: La Santé publique et l’Urbanisme collaborent pour créer des quartiers du quart d’heure à Ottawa

Case #2: Applying Health Equity-informed Planning to Operations in Niagara Region

Case #2: Intégrer l’équité en matière de santé dans la planification des activités dans la région de Niagara 

Case #3: Promoting Active Transportation and Health Equity in Rural Haliburton

Case #3: Promouvoir le transport actif et l’équité en santé dans le comté rural d’Haliburton

Case #4: Best Practices for Active Travel and Health Equity in Small Towns in British Columbia

Case #4: Pratiques exemplaires en matière de transport actif et d’équité en santé dans les petites villes de la Colombie-Britannique 

WEBINAR RECORDING: Case studies #1, 2 & 4. Sept. 28, 2022. English only

Case #5: Promoting Healthy Built Environments on Vancouver Island

Case #5: Favoriser un environnements bâtis sain sur l’île de Vancouver

Case #6: Addressing Climate Health in Simcoe Muskoka, Ontario

Case #6: S’attaquer aux impacts des changements climatiques sur la santé à Simcoe Muskoka, en Ontario

Case #7: Shaping Communities with the Social and Environmental Determinants of Health in Vancouver

Case #7: À Vancouver, des communautés à modeler avec les déterminants sociaux et environnementaux de la santé

WEBINAR RECORDING: Case studies #5, 6 & 7. January 25, 2023. English only

Case #8: Public Health Supporting Complete Streets in Hamilton

Case #8: La Santé publique appuie les rues conviviales dans Hamilton

Case #9: Providing Equitable Transportation to Rural Nova Scotia

Case #9: Offrir un transport équitable aux régions rurales de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Case #10: Public Health and Planning Co-creating Green Buildings and Green Streets in Ottawa

Case #10: La Santé publique et l’Urbanisme collaborent pour créer des bâtiments écologiques et des rues vertes à Ottawa

Case #11: Swapping Wood Stoves for Heat Pumps in Cowichan Valley, BC

Case #11: Remplacer les poêles à bois par des thermopompes à Cowichan Valley, en Colombie-Britannique

WEBINAR RECORDING: Case Studies #10 & 11. May 2023.  English only.

CASE #12: Bringing Health and Health Equity into Natural Heritage in Peel Region

Case #12: Intégrer la santé et l’équité en matière de santé au patrimoine naturel de la région de Peel

Case #13: Increasing mobility and sustainability with on-demand transit service in Powell River, BC.

Case #13: ACCROÎTRE LA MOBILITÉ ET LA DURABILITÉ GRÂCE AU SERVICE DE TRANSPORT EN COMMUN À LA DEMANDE À POWELL RIVER, EN COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE

Case #14: Building Health and Health Equity into Planning Processes in Saskatoon.

Case #14: LA SANTÉ ET L’ÉQUITÉ EN SANTÉ DANS LES PROCESSUS DE PLANIFICATION À SASKATOON

WEBINAR RECORDING: Case studies #9, 12 & 13. Oct. 18, 2023. English only