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Additional Resources
We’ve focused on heat-related adaptations, but climate change in BC also affects forest fire risk and air quality concerns. Some of the measures you take to adapt to one consequence of climate change can also improve matters for others. (The same controls that help moderate heat flows can also reduce the introduction of particulates into our living spaces.)
We’ll look at other kinds of adaptations in future updates. In the meantime, here are some additional resources to review.
- Chapter 2 of The Health Costs of Climate Change: How Canada can Adapt, Prepare, and Save Lives (pdf)
- Sign up for The Economist’s climate-change biweekly newsletter
- United States Environmental Protection Agency on Climate Adaptation – Climate Adaptation – Extreme Heat and Health
- Natural Resources Canada – Adapting to Our Changing Climate in Canada (pdf poster)
- Health Canada – Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability (pdf)
- CMHC – Strategies to save water and reduce energy use: Energy and Water Savings Case Studies
- Kamyar Razavi, Global News – Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast, August 9, 2022.
- BCNPHA, Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke: Essential Tools for Preparation and Protection webinar recording
- Toward the Heat – Extreme Heat Preparedness PDF
- Vancouver Coastal Health – Creating Cooling Spaces During Hot Weather: Guidance for Community Organizations PDF
- City of Vancouver
- Government of BC
- Be prepared for extreme heat webpage
- Beat the Heat sheet (pdf)
- BC Housing
- Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke webpage
- Heat Response Plan worksheet (pdf)
- Fraser Health
- Sun and heat safety webpage
- Caring for, and checking on others webpage
- Extreme heat poster (pdf)
- Fans in extreme heat FAQ (pdf)