Research & Policy

Recent Publications

Why we need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty,

Courtney Howard, Jess Beagley, Mohamed Eissa, Ojistoh Horn, Jennifer Kuhl, Jeni Miller, Shweta Narayan, Richard Smith, Willow Thickson.,
The Lancet Planetary Health, September 14, 2022

Frequently-Requested Slides

Access the slides here— free to use, credit Dr Courtney Howard
drcourtneyhoward.ca

The Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change

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The Lancet Countdown Video. The 2019 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change shows that climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and is set to shape the wellbeing of an entire generation unless the world meets Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to well below 2˚C.

Read the 2019 report: https://hubs.ly/H0lN8md0

Published: November 14, 2019

2019— Canada EN
2019 ENGLISH CANADA : Policy Brief for Canada [PDF]

2019— Canada FR
2019 FRENCH CANADA : Compte rendu à l’intention du Canada [PDF]

2018— Canada
2018 CANADA : Briefing for Canadian Policymakers [PDF]

2018— UK
2018 UK : Briefing for UK Policymakers [PDF]

2018— Global MSF
2018 GLOBAL : Climate Change and Health: an urgent new frontier for humanitarianism [PDF]

2017— Canada
2017 CANADA : Briefing for Canadian Policymakers [PDF]

BMJ Open

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Read the article (February 2021)
SOS! Summer of Smoke: a retrospective cohort study examining the cardiorespiratory impacts of a severe and prolonged wildfire season in Canada’s high subarctic

Global Climate and Health Alliance— The Limits of Viability

Report: The Limits of Livability – The emerging threat of smoke impacts on health from forest fires and climate change
“Bigger, more frequent forest and bush fires are having increased and not yet well-studied health impacts on people – including through longer and more frequent exposure to fire smoke by larger populations in distant cities – according to a report by the Global Climate and Health Alliance.”