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.