Climate Change and Health in Canda

It is proven more and more that there is process of climate change on a global scale and that this change directly influences the health and the wellbeing of the Canadian people. We feel already the effects of the climate change, particularly in the North of Canada.

The Canadians are greatly concerned by the phenomenon of climate change and its impact on them and on their cities. Santé Canada operates with environmental specialists and decision makers of top administrative governmental levels for improved understanding of how climate change will exert influence on the human environment and which are the most recommended ways to get ready for it.
By the means of collaboration between scientists, we continue to acquire new knowledge concerning the consequences of climate change on the human body. In that way, we can devise new strategies to cope with the challenges the future entails for us.

Role of Canada's Health System

Santé Canada has taken measures in connection to climate change and health:

1) Allocating resource for the sake of the comprehension of the consequences of climate change on health.
2) Establishing partnerships between environmental experts and decision makers.
3) Enhancing Cooperation between the Canadian authorities and international nongovernmental organizations and agencies.
4) Economic incentive to plants that will make adaptations to climate change, that is, plants that will use technologies that are environmental friendly.

Which are the Best Ways to Tackle the Problem?

The Canadian Authorities that deal with climate change and health issues distribute a certain number of monthly and annual reports, communiqués and other sources of knowledge which are available to the people who wish to understand more about the related questions of the climate change and health in Canada.

In future years the Canadian authorities are planning to expand cooperation with US authorities to find mutual ways to battle the phenomenon of climate change and its harmful implications. The government of Mexico is another target for cooperation. The rationale is to create a North and Latin American forum to discuss environmental issues, on a regular basis.

The US reluctant to become a part of the Kyoto Protocol may be a discouragement to the Canadian government. Yet optimists are not giving up. They claim that sooner than later the American government will have to yield to reality and cooperate. Climate change will inevitably affect everyone and it will be the greatest incentive.

02.05.2008. 00:41