1. Health Effects of Climate Change
THE CLIMATE
AND
YOUR HEALTH
INTRODUCE MYSELF.
Pretest

2. WARMER WINTERS
USDA hardiness zone map

3. HOTTER SUMMERS

4. RECORDBREAKING EXTREMES
Drought, heavy rains, high temperatures

5. 72 year old woman with fever and confusion.
CASE ONE
72 year old woman with fever and confusion.
Split into 4 groups to discuss cases. Then group 1 presents first case.
HEAT STROKE

6. HEAT WAVE: Nationwide July 2011
HEAT STROKE
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS
FUTURE PROJECTIONS

8. 54 year old woman who can't walk or talk.
CASE TWO
54 year old woman who can't walk or talk.
WEST NILE VIRUS

9. WEST NILE VIRUS: New York to California
HOW TEMPERATURE AFFECTS TRANSMISSION OF MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES

10. DENGUE FEVER: Key West, FL 2009-10
OUTBREAKS IN US
RANGE EXPANSION

11. Dengue Distribution

13. Kissing Bug Chaga's Disease

14. 10 year old boy who quit playing soccer.
CASE THREE
10 year old boy who quit playing soccer.
ASTHMA

15. OZONE- respiratory effects
OZONE: Bakersville, CA 2012

16. POLLEN INCREASES WITH CO2- asthma
POLLEN: Eugene, OR 2012

17. DROUGHT: Southwest 2011 Midwest 2012

18. WILDFIRE Colorado Springs 2012
PARTICULATES, PTSD

19. 2008 North Carolina Fire

20. NITROGEN OXIDES: New Mexico 2011

21. A citywide outbreak of “stomach flu”.
CASE FOUR
A citywide outbreak of “stomach flu”.
MILWAUKEE CRYPTOPORIDIOSIS OUTBREAK

22. FLOODING: Louisville, KY 2011
SEA LEVEL RISE, HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOODING

23. Gastroenteritis and Rainfall Pediatric ED Visits Wisconsin

24. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW New York, NY
CSO AND GASTROENTERITIS
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW New York, NY

25. West Haven, CT Duluth, MN

26. DIAGNOSIS: DIAGNOSIS: CO2 POLLUTION
WHAT'S THE DIAGNOSIS?

27. CO2 BLANKET TRAPS SUN’S HEAT.

28. It's us.
HUMAN CAUSE

29. It's U.S.
US DISPROPORTIONATE, GHG PER CAPITA

30. Sources of US CO2 Emissions

31. International Panel on Climate Change Scenarios BEST WORST

32. Temperature Rise By 2100 7-12 degrees F

33. WHATS THE PROGNOSIS?

34. CO % below % below 1990

35. CORN ETHANOL

36. CO2 COST OF LAND USE CHANGES

37. NATURAL GAS
METHANE FROM FRACKING CANCELS CLEANER BURN

38. Clean Renewable Energy
WHAT’S THE TREATMENT? PORTLAND, DENTON, LA

39. Energy Efficient Buildings

40. Low Carbon Transport
NYC

41. Smart Growth
CHICAGO

42. Active Transportation
TWIN CITIES

43. CO % below % below 1990

45. HEALTH BENEFITS OF LESS PARTICULATES

46. HEALTH BENEFITS OF LESS GROUND LEVEL OZONE

47. HEALTH BENEFITS OF INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

48. 1998 movie sliding doors.

49. THE 3-4 DEGREE TRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION

50. NEXT TRAIN, IF WE ALL GET ON 5-6 DEG F

51. Greensburg, KS
WHERE DO WE WANT TO GET OFF?
GREENSBURG?

52. Portland, OR
PORTLAND?

53. IF WE WAIT: 9-12 or perhaps total collapse.

54. OUR CHOICE ITS OUR CHOICE BUT ITS NOT A MOVIE. WE HAVE TO ACT NOW
THERE ARE NO RETAKES.

55. Act now. There is no Planet B. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
WHAT WE NEED TO DO
BRIEF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEW
Post test
Act now.
There is no Planet B.