Research, Policy & Tools
Selected peer-reviewed research, policy briefs, and frequently-requested tools — spanning wildfire and health, planetary health education, social tipping, and fossil fuel policy.
A New North Star: Governing Canada for Long-Term Well-Being for All
A planetary health agenda for Canada by Dr. Courtney Howard, Senator Rosa Galvez and Dr. Victoria Hurth. The white paper sets out five priorities for aligning how Canada measures progress, budgets, invests and manages risk around a single objective: long-term well-being for all within planetary limits.
In this short video, Dr. Howard introduces the paper and the next steps toward a wellbeing society in Canada.
Recent publications
Research as reconciliation: oil sands and health
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Seasons of smoke and fire: preparing health systems for improved performance before, during, and after wildfires
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Advocating for a Healthy Response to Climate Change — COP28 and the Health Community
Read more →Seeding a planetary health education revolution: institutional sign-on challenge
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Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community
Read more →Why we need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Read more →Frequently-requested slides
Slides and visuals created as tools to help others lead the treatment of the climate emergency in their communities.
Macro Meso Micro Health Sector Change Story
Free to use — please credit Dr. Courtney Howard, drcourtneyhoward.ca.
Open slides →Learning to treat the climate emergency together
Downloadable slides to accompany the social tipping interventions paper — please credit the paper and authors.
Open slides →The Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change
International policy work and country briefs, including the 2019 report and Canadian, UK, and MSF policy briefs.
The Lancet Countdown Video
The 2019 report shows climate change is already damaging children’s health and will shape the wellbeing of an entire generation unless we meet Paris Agreement targets.
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2019 Lancet Countdown — Policy Brief for Canada
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2019 Lancet Countdown — Compte rendu à l’intention du Canada
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2018 Lancet Countdown — Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
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2018 Lancet Countdown — Climate Change and Health: the humanitarian frontier
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2018 Lancet Countdown — Briefing for UK Policymakers
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2017 Lancet Countdown — Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
Read more →Wildfire & health
SOS! Summer of Smoke
A retrospective cohort study of the cardiorespiratory impacts of a severe, prolonged wildfire season in Canada’s high subarctic.
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The Limits of Livability
A Global Climate and Health Alliance report on the growing, under-studied health impacts of larger, more frequent wildfires.
Read more →The Lancet Planetary Health
A framework to guide planetary health education
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Ecological grief and anxiety: the start of a healthy response to climate change?
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Targeted change making for a healthy recovery
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The Paris agreement: charting a low-emissions path for a child born today
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A pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene
A global pledge uniting health professionals to protect human and planetary health in the Anthropocene.
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Healthy Recovery Plan
A Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment plan for a green, health-centred pandemic recovery.
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The health effects of climate change
A Canada Communicable Disease Report overview of the health effects of climate change.
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