Week 5: Climate Change
1. climate change: the biggest global health threat of the 21st century
2. originating in human activity: anthropogenic
3. 2-5 degree celsius increase in global temperature by 2040: rising tempera-
tures
4. 70,000: one heat wave in Europe was connected to how many heat stroke related
deaths
5. 1. respiratory problems dehydration
2. stroke, heart attack
3. dizziness, exhaustion, falls: 3 direct heat impacts on health
6. - over heating faster
- worse quality of air: those in manual labour at risk of:
7. 54: how many Montreal residents were killed by this summers heat
8. zero: how many had AC
9. urban heat island
- 1-5 degrees higher in certain populated areas: what is a UHI
10. vector-borne disease
such as tick-borne encephalitis and malaria: what type of disease is increased
with heat
11. 50%: lightning strikes cause % of Canada's wildfires
12. 85%: Lightning strikes are responsible for % of areas burned in Canada
each year
13. 1. sulphur dioxide
2. carbon monoxide
3. fine particular matter (PM): smoke increases air pollution releasing:
14. 1. carbon dioxide inhalation
2. further warming
3. quality of drinking water
4. soil erosion and vegetation absorbs contaminants from the fire quickly
which also flows into our watersheds
5. money in government spent on wildfires that could have been used on other
areas important to wellbeing: impacts of wildfire smoke:
15. 1. death
2. worsen chronic heath conditions
3. mental health trauma
4. access to essentials: disasters lead to:
16. 20 million people: how many people a year are forced from their homes by
climate change
17. anthropogenic: climate change is
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1. climate change: the biggest global health threat of the 21st century
2. originating in human activity: anthropogenic
3. 2-5 degree celsius increase in global temperature by 2040: rising tempera-
tures
4. 70,000: one heat wave in Europe was connected to how many heat stroke related
deaths
5. 1. respiratory problems dehydration
2. stroke, heart attack
3. dizziness, exhaustion, falls: 3 direct heat impacts on health
6. - over heating faster
- worse quality of air: those in manual labour at risk of:
7. 54: how many Montreal residents were killed by this summers heat
8. zero: how many had AC
9. urban heat island
- 1-5 degrees higher in certain populated areas: what is a UHI
10. vector-borne disease
such as tick-borne encephalitis and malaria: what type of disease is increased
with heat
11. 50%: lightning strikes cause % of Canada's wildfires
12. 85%: Lightning strikes are responsible for % of areas burned in Canada
each year
13. 1. sulphur dioxide
2. carbon monoxide
3. fine particular matter (PM): smoke increases air pollution releasing:
14. 1. carbon dioxide inhalation
2. further warming
3. quality of drinking water
4. soil erosion and vegetation absorbs contaminants from the fire quickly
which also flows into our watersheds
5. money in government spent on wildfires that could have been used on other
areas important to wellbeing: impacts of wildfire smoke:
15. 1. death
2. worsen chronic heath conditions
3. mental health trauma
4. access to essentials: disasters lead to:
16. 20 million people: how many people a year are forced from their homes by
climate change
17. anthropogenic: climate change is
1/3
