1. Building Resilience Against Climate Effects in Vermont
Nate Schafrick, MPH/MS, Climate Change Epidemiologist
Vermont Department of Health
January 26, 2016

2. Outline Six key areas for climate and health Extreme heat
Extreme weather (storms, flooding, etc.)
Vector-borne diseases (mosquitoes and ticks)
Blue-green algae
Food and water-borne diseases
Air quality
Also mental health, food insecurity, population dislocation, civil conflict 2

3. Our analysis of climate and health risks
Daily risk examples
Temperature and heat illness
Precipitation, water quality, and GI illness
Seasonal risk examples:
Vector-borne diseases and climate
Particulate matter from wood-burning in winter

4. Vermont’s Online Tools
Blue-green algae tracker
Tick tracker
Heat vulnerability index
Social vulnerability index

5. Blue-green Algae Tracker

6. Tick Tracker

7. Social Vulnerability Index

8. EPA AirNow

9. What we need
An online portal/tool to bring together these tools and analytical relationships between climate, weather, and health into a single weather/climate risk assessment portal
Goals:
Educate on how climate, seasonality, and weather affect health risks
Convey how climate change is expected to modify risk in the future
Give practical guidance on how to reduce risks

10. Our contact information
Jared Ulmer, Climate Change Program Coordinator Nate Schafrick, Epidemiologist