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Who we are

The Healthy Environments & Climate Change (HECC) Team works on topics related to our built and natural environments as well as climate change and its impacts on our health. The team is comprised of Medical Health Officers, climate change and health leads, environmental health scientists, community planners, Environmental Health Officers and others.

How we work to improve the health of our communities

The HECC team focuses its work on the physical and environmental determinants of health. These topics fall within the core public health functions of health promotion, healthy public policy, health protection, emergency preparedness and response, and disease and injury prevention. The types of health hazards addressed includes: physical (e.g. built environment), chemical (e.g. air quality), biological (e.g. drinking water contamination), and climate-related (e.g. wildfire smoke) hazards.

We work closely with municipal, provincial, and federal partners, as well as local not-for profit organizations and academia on a range of topics.

Equity is a critical lens that informs all of this work. We aim to reduce health inequities, and prioritize action to support individuals and populations experiencing inequitable determinants of health.

2022年のHECCチーム実績

  • 高温イベント発生時の室内温度調査の実施

    バンクーバー市、BC州疾病対策センター(BC Centre for Disease Control, BCCDC)と共同で、高温イベント発生時の室内温度調査の実施

  • 空調、空気清浄に関する推奨事項を導入して中・大型の新築住宅からの炭素排出量を削減

    バンクーバー市と協力し、空調、空気清浄に関する推奨事項を導入して中・大型の新築住宅からの炭素排出量を削減

  • 「NGO向けの高温チェックイン支援枠組み(Heat Check-in Support Framework for NGO)」

    猛暑に弱い人のチェックイン計画の指針となる「NGO向けの高温チェックイン支援枠組み(Heat Check-in Support Framework for NGO)」の作成

  • 将来の高温、煙、気象現象に備えた季節準備計画でチームやプログラムの支援

    VCHを通じた、将来の高温、煙、気象現象に備えた季節準備計画でチームやプログラムの支援

  • 寄稿
    • トランスリンク(TransLink)の地域交通計画「輸送2050(Transport 2050)」
    • メトロバンクーバーの「地域成長戦略(Regional Growth Strategy)(2050)」
    • メトロバンクーバーの「大気浄化計画(Clean Air Plan)」
    • メトロバンクーバーの「気候2050(Climate 2050)」
  • 提言提供
    • バンクーバー市の「気候緊急行動計画(Climate Emergency Action Plan)」
    • バンクーバー市の「気候緊急駐車料金プログラム(Climate Emergency Parking Program)」
    • メトロバンクーバーの「道路以外におけるディーゼルエンジン排出規制(Metro Vancouver Non-Road Diesel Engine Emission Regulation)」の拡大案
  • フィードバック提供
    • 州の「気候への対応と適応戦略(Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy)」
    • ノースウエストポーツ大気浄化戦略(Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy)

Questions?

If you have a question for the team, please reach out to healthy.environments@vch.ca

Email the HECC team