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Climate shocks and stresses to health assets and infrastructure are already having cascading impacts on health service delivery and the health of our communities, patients and staff.
To begin working at the scale of the challenges presented by our new climate reality, we are working to embed climate risk and resilience into our facility delivery lifecycle; develop low-carbon and climate resilient options and pathways for our health campuses and organizations; and adapt to shifts in health service delivery models to virtual health and primary care networks.

Goals and Impact
- Identify and reduce climate risks in planning and design to enable health facilities to manage residual, compound and new risks in operations.
- Invest in resilience and realize the cascading benefits of doing so on our health and clinical services, staff and patients, and communities of care.
- Move toward a climate-resilient health system in partnership with our health system stakeholders including:
- Population and Public Health, and BC Center for Disease Control
- Virtual Health and Information Management & Technology
- Health Emergency Management BC
- Procurement and Supply Chain
- All levels of government and other public sector organizations (including BC Housing)
- Advance low-carbon resilience by seeking synergies and co-benefits with work to reduce emissions in design and operations.
- Promote human health and well-being through greening design and environmental sustainability strategies.
Facilitation and support

Craig Dedels
Manager, Climate Risk & Resilience
Ghazal Ebrahimi
PHSA Energy andEmissions Manager

Jeson Mak
Fraser Health Energy andEmissions Manager

Kori Jones
Vancouver Coastal Health Energy andEmissions Manager

Mehrdad Gharibnavaz
Providence Health CareEnergy and Emissions
Manager
Featured Story
Our planet, our health – celebrating World Health Day
World Health Day falls on April 7th each year with the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighting a different area of priority concern. This year’s theme is “Our Planet, Our Health” to draw attention to the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being.

Want to see how we are doing?
Click here to read the latest Environmental Performance Accountability Report