week 5-climate change
1. 250000 excessive annual deaths: WHO estimates that between 2030-2050
climate change will be responsible for deaths
2. 85%, 52%: zambia's agricultural sector supports % of the country's popula-
tion, employing % of the country's working age population
3. water and inaccessible due to dried up wells for farm, household consump-
tion, and animal rearing: drought
4. affected communities that are susceptible to overlapping economic in-
stability and food insecurity intensifying underltying social abd structural
vulnerabilities for women and girls to sexual health risks from early marriage
to transactional sex: how did the drought affect the communities in zambia
5. 90: July's heatwave in quebec killed over people
6. 60 (more densely populated=more hot): WHO says % of people living in
cities by 2030
7. 2009: in the lancet declared climate change to be the biggest global threat
of the 21st century
8. originating in human activity: anthropogenic
9. urban heat island affect: UHI
10. micro-climates created due to construction materials, lack of ventilation,
lack of green spaces: what is the UHI
11. 3rd: BC's fire season in 2021 was the worst on record
12. there is dry vegetation combined with hot weather and wind to spread an
initial spark: wild fires thrive when
13. Winnipeg (Manitoba): which province has exceptional drought conditions
14. lightning strikes: what causes 50% of canada's wildfires
15. 85%: lightning strikes are responsible for % of areas burned in canada each
year
16. -sulphur dioxide
-carbon monoxide
-fine particular matter: smoke increases air pollution which releases
17. 20 million: more than people per year are forced from their homes by
climate change
18. those with less access to material and social resources: who will suffer the
greatest health impact of climate change
19. -disease patterns
-disasters
-place new strains on health systems everywhere: climate change will impact...
20. a culture specific system of power that defines certain values, norms, rules
as natural for men and women: gender
21. drought: Zambia's main concern is...
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1. 250000 excessive annual deaths: WHO estimates that between 2030-2050
climate change will be responsible for deaths
2. 85%, 52%: zambia's agricultural sector supports % of the country's popula-
tion, employing % of the country's working age population
3. water and inaccessible due to dried up wells for farm, household consump-
tion, and animal rearing: drought
4. affected communities that are susceptible to overlapping economic in-
stability and food insecurity intensifying underltying social abd structural
vulnerabilities for women and girls to sexual health risks from early marriage
to transactional sex: how did the drought affect the communities in zambia
5. 90: July's heatwave in quebec killed over people
6. 60 (more densely populated=more hot): WHO says % of people living in
cities by 2030
7. 2009: in the lancet declared climate change to be the biggest global threat
of the 21st century
8. originating in human activity: anthropogenic
9. urban heat island affect: UHI
10. micro-climates created due to construction materials, lack of ventilation,
lack of green spaces: what is the UHI
11. 3rd: BC's fire season in 2021 was the worst on record
12. there is dry vegetation combined with hot weather and wind to spread an
initial spark: wild fires thrive when
13. Winnipeg (Manitoba): which province has exceptional drought conditions
14. lightning strikes: what causes 50% of canada's wildfires
15. 85%: lightning strikes are responsible for % of areas burned in canada each
year
16. -sulphur dioxide
-carbon monoxide
-fine particular matter: smoke increases air pollution which releases
17. 20 million: more than people per year are forced from their homes by
climate change
18. those with less access to material and social resources: who will suffer the
greatest health impact of climate change
19. -disease patterns
-disasters
-place new strains on health systems everywhere: climate change will impact...
20. a culture specific system of power that defines certain values, norms, rules
as natural for men and women: gender
21. drought: Zambia's main concern is...
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