Health Effects of Climate Change
THE HEALTH THE HEALTH
EFFECTSEFFECTS
OF OF
CLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE
Wendy Ring MD, MPH
WARMER WINTERS
HOTTER SUMMERS
RECORDBREAKINGEXTREMES
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 2009-10
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 OVERFLOWNew York, NY
West Haven, CT Duluth, MN 2011 2012
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 2100 7-12 degrees F
Feedback Loops
The Treatment
QUIT
SMOKING
FOSSIL FUELS
CO2 2030 50% below 19902050 80% 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.
