Climate change causing negative health impacts: report

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Stephen Sheppard, UBC professor, speaks about long term planning - for building homes and communities equipped to deal with warmer weather. See Vancouver city centre skyline and residential neighbourhoods, fg.

People living in the region can expect more extreme heat, poorer air quality because of wildfire smoke, more storms and flooding and longer periods of drought, according to a new Vancouver Coastal Health report.

Many of the recommendations listed in the report align with those already made by other agencies, said Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical health officer. According to Schwandt, neighbourhood green space, tree canopy, window shades and mechanical solutions like heat pumps and air conditioning were helpful in preventing heat-related illness.

 

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