Module 13 Mitigation cobenefits Key messages in Module

Module 13: Mitigation & co-benefits

Key messages in Module 13 • Climate change mitigation is vital, & the health sector has an important role to play • The framing of mitigation activities with relevance to health as ‘co-benefits’ or ‘winwin’ is strategic & useful • Many co-benefits projects are underway, & need to be scaled up where possible 2

Module 13 outline 1 2 Introduction to mitigation Co-benefits of mitigation for health & envi 3

1 INTRODUCTION TO MITIGATION 4

Definition of mitigation Mitigation: a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases Mitigation for the health sector: promoting & supporting initiatives that protect health by reducing GHG emissions Mitigation options exist for all emission sectors: Energy supply Transport Buildings Industry Agriculture Forestry/forests Waste 5

Brainstorm 3 types of mitigation activities your assigned sector could take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 6

Annual anthropogenic GHG’s 1970 -2010 Source: IPCC AR 5 WG 3 (2013) 7

Greenhouse gas emissions by economic sectors Source: IPCC WG 3 AR 5 (2013) 8

Cartogram: Greenhouse gas emissions 2002 Source: Patz et al. (2007) 9

Cartogram: Climate change health impacts Estimated mortality (per million people) attributable to climate change in 2000 Source: Patz et al. (2007) Note: Uses only data on deaths from malaria & dengue fever, diarrhoea, malnutrition, drowning (& heatstroke for OECD countries) 10

Cumulative rising emissions, rising temperatures Source – Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, National Research Council (2011) 11

Relationship between CO 2 & temperature Source – Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, National Research Council (2011) 12

2 CO-BENEFITS OF MITIGATION FOR HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT 13

Mitigation & co-benefits – IPCC AR 5: Co-benefits = climate mitigation + health gains from well-chosen health policies 14

Co-benefit examples • Public transport: carbon emissions, health • Reduced intake animal (ruminant) products: llll methane emissions, health • Clean energy sources: lllllhealth carbon emissions, • Access to reproductive health services: llllof planetary pressures (e. g. food, water), lllllmaternal & child health 15

Metropolitan Rapid Transit, Bangkok 16

Reducing intake of red meat: ‘Meatless Monday’ 17

Solar at the Niue Foou Hospital 18

Solar cookers, Vietnam 19

Waste management at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal 20

What changes to public health practice could you implement in your country that also has mitigation benefits for the climate? 21

What we covered in Module 13 1 2 Introduction to mitigation Co-benefits of mitigation for health & envi 22

Learning from Module 13 • Climate change mitigation is vital, & the health sector has an important role to play • The framing of mitigation activities with relevance to health as ‘co-benefits’ or ‘winwin’ is strategic & useful • Many co-benefits projects are underway, & need to be scaled up where possible 23

What action might you take in your work, given what you learnt in Module 13?

Coming up next… Module 12: Adaptation to climate change 25