Health Effects of Climate Change THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

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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.