Health Effects of Climate Change THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Wendy Ring MD, MPH
WARMER WINTERS
HOTTER SUMMERS
RECORDBREAKING EXTREMES
CASE ONE 72 year old woman with fever and confusion.
HEAT WAVE: Nationwide July 2011
CASE TWO 54 year old woman who can't walk or talk.
WEST NILE VIRUS: New York to California
DENGUE FEVER: Key West, FL
Kissing Bug Chaga's Disease
Hanta Virus Lyme Disease
CASE THREE 10 year old boy who quit playing soccer.
OZONE: Bakersville, CA 2012
POLLEN: Eugene, OR 2012
DROUGHT: Texas 2011
WILDFIRE Colorado Springs 2012
NITROGEN OXIDES: New Mexico 2011
CASE FOUR A citywide outbreak of “stomach flu”.
FLOODING: Louisville, KY 2011
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW New York, NY
West Haven, CT Duluth, MN
MASS MIGRATION
DIAGNOSIS: DIAGNOSIS: CO2 POLLUTION
BURNING FOSSIL FUEL RELEASES CO2 INTO AIR
CO2 BLANKET TRAPS HEAT
It's us.
It's U.S.
International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios
International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios BEST WORST
We are on track for the worst case scenario
Temperature Rise By degrees F
Feedback Loops
The Treatment QUIT SMOKING FOSSIL FUELS
CO % below % below 1990
CORN
NATURAL GAS
Clean Renewable Energy
Energy Efficient Buildings
Low Carbon Transport
Smart Growth
Active Transportation
Aid to Developing Countries
WE CAN
Greensburg, KS
Portland, OR
OUR CHOICE
Act now. There is no Planet B.