Social and health challenges
Minimize the scale of social and health challenges
Climate change and its associated repercussions – notably on air, water, foodstuffs and living environments – undermine the foundations of public health while increasing the risks of disease.
Ouranos endeavours to help mitigate the psychological, social and health impacts of climate change throughout the Quebec population – especially in high-risk groups – by developing and mobilizing knowledge to better understand, prevent and manage such impacts.
Issues
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Growing impacts of climate change on physical, mental and social health
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Reported effects on health and social services as well as on the economy
Objective(s)
In collaboration with a number of partners, notably the healthcare sector, municipalities, community organizations, etc.:
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Further develop knowledge on psychosocial and health impacts as well as on climate change adaptation mechanisms within the population;
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Carry out projects that enable acquired knowledge to be applied in concrete ways in order to improve the health of the Quebec population.
