Improving Health & Climate In Tandem: How to Save Money, Improve Equity, & Create Benefits by "Multisolving" - Shanna Edberg 13 November 2018 APHA ...
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Improving Health & Climate In Tandem:
How to Save Money, Improve Equity, & Create
Benefits by “Multisolving”
Shanna Edberg
13 November 2018
APHA Annual Meeting
Presenter Disclosures
Shanna Edberg
(1) The following personal financial relationships with
commercial interests relevant to this presentation
existed during the past 12 months:
No relationships to disclose
Our interactive tools help people see what works to address climate change and related issues like energy, water, and resilience.
Health Effects of Climate Change
Multisolving improves lives, health, & equity while protecting the climate
FLOWER
Framework for
Long-term,
Whole-system,
Equity-based
Reflection
Project supported by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
What are the Barriers?
Multisolving For Climate And Health What can we learn from the places where policies are successfully improving health and climate change together?
We found 100+ sectors…
examples
across scales…
and regions.Selected Case Studies
Plants edible or decorative climbing plants on exterior
Green Curtains Japan Country Nature, Buildings
of buildings
Encourages parents, teachers, and students to walk to
Walk to School England Country Transport
school
Retrofits houses to reduce cold-related illnesses, energy
Warm Up New Zealand New Zealand Country Buildings
costs, and carbon emissions
Closes over 120 km of roadway to cars on Sundays and
Ciclovía Bogotá Colombia City Transport
holidays
Improves air quality, reduces congestion, and makes
Healthy Streets for London England City Transport
London healthier and more attractive
ProAire Mexico City Transport Unites multiple organizations to reach air quality goals
Espigoladors Gleaning Volunteers glean, distribute through food banks, and
Spain Community Food
Movement process food into jams, sauces, and soups
Healthy Meals for Patients Dialysis center serves vegetarian food and recycles all
Malaysia Hospital Food
and the Environment forms of waste
Encourages behaviors such as turning off equipment,
Operation TLC England Hospital Energy
closing doors, and allocating patient quiet time
Hospitals switch to anesthetic gases that lower costs
Smarter Anesthetic Gases Australia Hospital WasteCiclovía Bogotá
Closes 75 miles of roadways in Bogotá to cars on Sundays and
holidays to encourage recreation and reduce air pollution, noise,
and obesity and chronic disease.
Goals Collaborators
• Promote physical activity & • District Institute of
healthy habits Recreation and Sport
• Reduce emissions • Health, Mobility, Education,
• Alleviate inequity and other Secretariats
• Reduce noise levels • Police, volunteers, othersCiclovía Results
The State of Multisolving • Monetary benefits often exceed costs • Often less about technological innovation than about culture change or new connections • Targeting the most vulnerable also leads to benefits for all • A hidden movement: we are missing opportunities to learn and build capacity
Common Success Factors
Champions
Financing plan or low-cost design
Design for learning and growth over
time
Metrics and analysis
Community engagement
Strategies to counter resistance to
changeHow to Support More Multisolving • Name multisolving as a field of practice • Support more research • Support opportunities for learning together, reflection, capacity building across different types of multisolving • Expect to start small
Connect with Other Multisolvers twitter.com/multisolving facebook.com/groups/multisolving multisolving@climateinteractive.org climateinteractive.org/multisolving
Thank You!
Report available at:
climateinteractive.org/hciYou can also read
