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Health and wellbeing in a changing climate

Health and wellbeing in a changing climate. Jemma Knowles Climate SouthWest Project Officer Jim Hodgson Climate Change Advisor, Climate Ready Support Service. Overview. Jemma Changing climate: impacts on a local level Local support available Jim The Climate Ready support service

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Health and wellbeing in a changing climate

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  1. Health and wellbeing in a changing climate Jemma Knowles Climate SouthWest Project Officer Jim Hodgson Climate Change Advisor, Climate Ready Support Service

  2. Overview Jemma • Changing climate: impacts on a local level • Local support available Jim • The Climate Ready support service • New toolkit for health and wellbeing boards

  3. What we have seen so far 2014: flooding and...? 2013: heat wave flooding storm 2000: flooding 2013: heat wave flooding storm 2000: flooding 2001: flooding 2001: flooding 2012: drought flooding 2012: drought flooding 2003: heat wave 2010: flooding snow & ice 2010: flooding snow & ice 2005: flooding 2005: flooding 2006: drought heat wave 2006: drought heat wave 2009: flooding snow & ice 2009: flooding snow & ice 2008: flooding snow & ice 2008: flooding snow & ice 2007: flooding 2007: flooding Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  4. What we can expect by 2050s Overall increase in temperature 2.7°C Increased winter precipitation 17% Decreased summer precipitation 20% Rising sea levels 26-29cm More frequent & intense extreme weather Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  5. Impacts for health • Challenges • Increased heat related deaths • Increased deaths & admissions associated with ground level ozone • Increase in death & injury from flooding & storms • Increase in flood-related mental health issues • Increased ground level UV • Opportunities • Increased physical recreation, reduction in obesity & CHD • Decrease in cold-related deaths • Fewer cold related admissions • Healthier lifestyles Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  6. Service delivery: impacts & response Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  7. Climate UK network Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  8. Climate SouthWest www.climatesouthwest.org info@climatesouthwest.org @ClimateSW Building resilience to extreme weather and a changing climate

  9. Climate Ready Support Service • 3 year programme launched in 2012 • Part of Government's wider adaptation programme • Aim: to help ‘key sectors increase their resilience to climate risks’ by incorporating climate risk management into routine business decision-making: • Primarily working in partnership and through others • Builds on our corporate objective to integrate adaptation into everything we do

  10. Climate Ready Support Service Two key components: • Free, independent online advice and support via: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/climateready • Tailored support and partnership working to help key sectors adapt: • Business & services • Infrastructure • Natural environment • Built environment • Local government • Health & wellbeing • Agriculture & forestry

  11. Climate Ready and the NAP

  12. National Adaptation Delivery Group

  13. Adaptation in the new health & social care system

  14. Adaptation Toolkit – coming soon • Responding to specific needs of those in the health and social care system • Profiling adaptation as part of core business • informed by stakeholders (10 councils) • How to assess risk to changing climate • How to enable action • How to test JSNA • Case studies

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