Boîte à outils sur les changements climatiques pour les professionnels de la santé

The document is a comprehensive guide for healthcare professionals to address climate change. It covers the science of climate change, its global and Canadian health impacts, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends in Canada, and practical solutions. It emphasizes 'co-benefits'—where climate actions like promoting plant-based diets or active transport immediately improve public health. The guide provides specific strategies for making healthcare facilities more resilient and sustainable, such as reducing the carbon footprint of anesthesia and supply chains, and offers a framework for community-level adaptation and professional advocacy.

• Anthropogenic climate change has already caused a global average surface temperature increase of approximately 1°C since the pre-industrial period, with a current warming rate of 0.2°C per decade.
• A global warming of 2°C by 2100 would expose more than one-third of the world's population to severe heatwaves at least once every five years, nearly triple the exposure compared to a 1.5°C scenario.
• In Canada, air pollution is estimated to cause approximately 14,400 premature deaths annually.
• Canada's GHG emissions increased by nearly 17% from 1990 to 2016, driven primarily by the oil and gas sector (+16%) and the transport sector (+7%).
• Alberta and Saskatchewan are the highest per capita emitters in Canada; in 2016, Alberta's per capita emissions were 62.7 t eq. CO2 and Saskatchewan's were 67.1 t eq. CO2.
• The Canadian healthcare sector's life-cycle GHG emissions represented approximately 4.6% of the national total in 2015, with emissions growing twice as fast as the national average (10% vs 5% between 2009 and 2015).
• Within the healthcare sector, the primary sources of GHG emissions are prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (25%), hospitals (24%), and physician services (13%).
• Inhaled anesthetics, particularly desflurane and nitrous oxide, are potent GHGs; in England, these gases represent 5% of the carbon footprint of active healthcare sites.
• Transitioning to a diet rich in plant-based foods and reducing food waste could reduce global food-related GHG emissions by 29% to 70% by 2050 and decrease global mortality by 6% to 10%.
• Urban green spaces provide health co-benefits, including reduced cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety, and stress, while also sequestering carbon and reducing the urban heat island effect.
• The 'Passive House' modular housing for staff built by Vancouver Coastal Health uses approximately 80% less heating and cooling energy than an average building.

APA

Perrotta, K., Doyle, H. M., Macfarlane, R., McGushin, A., Mee, C., Plumptre, B., Ribesse, J., & Varangu, L. (2019). Boîte à outils sur les changements climatiques pour les professionnels de la santé. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Overall-Climate-Toolkit-FR-April-2019.pdf

Chicago

Perrotta, Kim, Helen Marie Doyle, Ronald Macfarlane, Alice McGushin, Carol Mee, Bora Plumptre, Jérôme Ribesse, and Linda Varangu. Boîte à outils sur les changements climatiques pour les professionnels de la santé. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2019. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Overall-Climate-Toolkit-FR-April-2019.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{perrotta2019bote, author = {Perrotta, Kim and Doyle, Helen Marie and Macfarlane, Ronald and McGushin, Alice and Mee, Carol and Plumptre, Bora and Ribesse, Jérôme and Varangu, Linda}, title = {{Boîte à outils sur les changements climatiques pour les professionnels de la santé}}, institution = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Overall-Climate-Toolkit-FR-April-2019.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }