Your Health and a Changing Climate: Newsletter - Volume 1

Publications and Conferences

Recent Publications

UPDATE -- Newsletter of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change. Focus: Health. March 2003.

>>> Available from: www.ihdp.org

Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity, and Development. Smith, Klein, Huq (Editors) $86.

>>> Available from: www.amazon.ca

Climate Change Health Impact and Adaptation Assessment Guidelines. WHO and Health Canada. 2003.

>>> Available from: postmaster@euro.who.int or
www.euro.who.int/globalchange

Climate Change Health Impact and Adaptation Assessment Guidelines --Summary Document. WHO and Health Canada. 2003.

>>> Available from: climatinfo@hc-sc.gc.ca

Health Policy Research Bulletin

A short article on the "Expert Panel Workshop on Climate Change and Health & Well-being in Canada" appears in the New and Noteworthy Section of Health Canada's Health Policy Research Bulletin Issue 7. (Visit the Bulletin's website at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iacb-dgiac/arad-draa) Workshop discussion included key aspects of the health and social impacts of climate change on Canadians and the role of co-benefits in the development of Canadian policy on climate change within the context of the Kyoto Protocol.

>>> Available from: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Upcoming Conferences

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference February 4-7, 2004, Ottawa
www.fcm.ca

Communities and the Impact of Climate Change (CUSO)
Winnipeg, MN
March 19-22, 2004
www.cuso.org

Canadian Association of Geographers
May 25-29, 2004
Moncton, NB
www.cag-acg.ca

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
May 29-June 6, 2004
Winnipeg, Manitoba
http://www.fedcan.ca/english/congress/congress.html

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Human Dimensions of Weather and Climate
May 31- June 3, 2004
Edmonton, Alberta
www.cmos.ca

Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference
June 13-16, 2004
St. John's, Newfoundland
www.cpha.ca

Canadian Water Resources Association (including socio-economic issues and health)
June 16-18, 2004
Montreal, Quebec
http://www.ouranos.ca/acrh/CWRA_montreal_2004.pdf

World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress
August 22-27, 2004
London, England
http://www.kenes.com/cleanair/wel.htm

Canadian Rural Health Research Society
October 21-23, 2004
Sudbury, Ontario
http://crhrs-scrsr.usask.ca

Soon-to-be-Released Publication

The Health Chapter of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective written by Dr. Dieter Riedel of CCHO, reviews recent Canadian research on climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada's health care sector. It also highlights the results of research funded by the Government of Canada's Climate Change Action Fund. This chapter examines the potential impacts of climate change on human health and well-being in Canada as a result of future changes in temperature, precipitation and extreme climate events. The chapter also examines how adaptation has the potential to significantly reduce health-related vulnerabilities to climate change.

Upcoming In the Next Issue

New Research Network on the Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Community Health and Well-Being

Climate Change and Health Information Toolkit Prepared for the use of Medical Officers of Health

For More Information on Climate Change and Health Visit:

www.hc-sc.gc.ca
www.c-ciarn.ca/health
or email us at: climatinfo@hc-sc.gc.ca