Climate Change and Health Equity
- Abstract
Whether through sea level rise, droughts, or heat waves, the populations most vulnerable to climate-related health impacts are the same communities that experience health inequities, the unjust and avoidable disparities in health outcomes. These include the elderly, children, communities of color, and those unable to afford food, quality shelter, fuels for cooling and transportation, or lacking alternatives to contaminated drinking water.
- Resource Type
- Factsheet/pamphlet
- Author
- Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII)
- Resource URL
- http://barhii.org/download/info/ccqg03.pdf
- Institution
- Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Solution
- Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity Co-benefits/co-harms Vulnerable populations