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Health Effects of Climate
THE
HEALTH
Change
EFFECTS
OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
Wendy Ring MD, MPH
WARMER WINTERS
HOTTER SUMMERS
RECORDBREAKING
EXTREMES
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 OVERFLOW
New York, NY
West Haven, CT
2011
Duluth, MN
2012
MASS MIGRATION
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 1990
2050 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.