{"id":879,"date":"2019-06-14T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/commissioner\/?page_id=879"},"modified":"2019-06-26T19:01:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:01:45","slug":"climate-and-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/commissioner\/administration\/climate-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Impacts of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is working to address the health impacts of climate change as a result of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order 24 instructing state agencies to help increase statewide resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather<\/li>\n<li>Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order 29 establishing the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice<\/li>\n<li>Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order 22 establishing the Governor\u2019s Conservation Cabinet<\/li>\n<li>Many Virginians indicating to State Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver during his 2018 Listening Tour that climate change is a topic the health department should focus on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In response, VDH established the Climate Change Committee, or C-3, which has been tasked with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying health-related impacts of climate change in Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Identifying vulnerable populations<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing and analyzing relevant data, programs, and research in collaboration with internal and external partners<\/li>\n<li>Review the health impacts related to sea level rise, air temperature and quality, water temperature and quality, and extreme weather events<\/li>\n<li>Developing a draft <em>Public Health Impacts of Climate Change Response Plan <\/em>for review in early 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On June 10, 2019, VDH hosted the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change Summit with attendance from state leadership, local and national subject matter experts, state researchers, and public health specialist to assess the evidence of climate change and need for public health intervention.\u00a0 Participants engaged in discussions outlining opportunities for collaboration to improve public health data, programs, policies, and methods to identify and mitigate the public health risks associated with climate and weather.<\/p>\n<p>The presentations and participant list from this event are posted below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/VDHClimateChangeSummit_IntroductionSlides.pdf\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/VDHClimateChangeSummit_PlenarySession.pdf\">Plenary Session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/VDHClimateChangeSummit_AirTemperatureQualityExtremeWeatherBreakoutPresesntation.pdf\">Air Temperature Quality Extreme Weather Session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/VDHClimateChangeSummit_WaterSeaLevelRiseBreakoutPresentation.pdf\">Water Sea Level Rise Session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/VDHClimateChangeSummitAttendeesandPartners.pdf\">Attendee\/Partner List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding the C-3 or VDH efforts to address climate change, please contact Brenden Rivenbark, Senior Policy Analyst at <a href=\"mailto:brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov\">brenden.rivenbark@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/2019-05-31_Fact-Sheet_Climate-Change-Summit_General-Public.pdf\">Talking Points<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is working to address the health impacts of climate change as a result of: Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order 24 instructing state agencies to help increase statewide resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order 29 establishing the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice Governor Northam\u2019s Executive Order [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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