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Human Dimensions of Climate Change

Human Dimensions of Climate Change. Flaxen Conway and Denise Lach School of Public Policy Marine Resource Management Program Oregon Climate Change Research Institute Climate Impacts Research Consortium fconway@coas.oregonstate.edu denise.lach@oregonstate.edu. Today ’ s Session.

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Human Dimensions of Climate Change

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  1. Human Dimensions of Climate Change Flaxen Conway and Denise Lach School of Public Policy Marine Resource Management Program Oregon Climate Change Research Institute Climate Impacts Research Consortium fconway@coas.oregonstate.edu denise.lach@oregonstate.edu

  2. Today’s Session • What are we managing when we talk about managing climate change? • What does “human dimensions” mean? • What is the role of HD research and knowledge in community adaptation to climate change? • What is the role of policy in climate change right now?

  3. Human Dimensions = • Social • Economic • Cultural • Political • Historical • Legal

  4. What is the role of HD research and knowledge in community adaptation to climate change?

  5. Theory of Planned Behavior Knowledge of Climate Change Perceived and Real Barriers Behavioral Change Attitudes Beliefs Individual Values

  6. National Attitudes, Values, Beliefs About Climate Change

  7. Causes of Climate Change (Pew 2010)

  8. Do you believe the earth is getting warmer? (Pew 2010)

  9. How much do you worry about global warming? (Gallup 2010)

  10. Top Domestic Priorities (Pew 2010)

  11. Environment vs Economy (USA Today/Gallup)

  12. American Values Survey (n=2000)

  13. OREGON Attitudes, Values, Beliefs, Perceptions

  14. General Attitudes of Oregonians Regarding Climate Change and Renewable Energy (n=1480; 2010)

  15. Public Knowledge and Perceptions of Change: Coast Professionals (n=300)

  16. Responsibility for Responding to Climate Change: Coastal Professionals

  17. Health Effects of Climate Change: (n=25/35 OR County Health Depts)

  18. Potential Public Health Risks Associated with Climate Change in OR • Increase of heat stroke, heat exhaustion and heat cramps from warming (PSR, 2012) • Higher rates of skin cancer (already documented in a report from Kaiser Permanente) • Eye damage and disease from UV and radiation exposure (PSR, 2012) • Outbreaks of diseases from flooding (Frumkin, 2008) • Increase in vector-borne disease such as Lyme disease and West Nile Virus, from insects that have access to more breeding grounds from flooding and warming (McMichael 2003; PSR, 2012);

  19. More Potential Health Risks • Higher rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases (EPA 2008; McMichael, 2003; PSR, 2012) • Disease outbreak from contamination of water by bacteria (e.g. Salmonella, Shigella),viruses (e.g. rotavirus), and protozoa (e.g. Giardia lamblia, amoebas, Cryptosporidium, and Cyclospora) (PSR, 2012) • Increased exposure to mercury in fish and water, red tides and seafood toxicity (PSR, 2012) • Higher exposure to pesticides (PSR, 2012) • Crowding, higher rates of communicable disease spread, and increased pollution in urban areas (McMichael, 2003).

  20. Who is most at risk? • Individuals with impaired immune systems • Lower income individuals and communities • Rural communities that may be in areas more prone to temperature change, wildfire or disease outbreak and with less access to health care • Children, pregnant women, and the elderly, predicted to be 20% of Oregon’s population by 2020 (Oregon Parks and Recreation, 2010), and who may be more susceptible to health risks

  21. Role of Education and Research • Become aware/informed on how it personally relates • What we do does impact • Change our habits • Change happens over time • Keep it up

  22. More HD Research Needed • How Oregonians -- affected by climate change due to the place they live, the job they hold, or the organization they work for -- experience climate change impacts • Acceptability of specific policy and behavioral changes • Barriers faced by individuals, groups, and organizations, including state agencies, as they start to respond to the observed impacts of climate change in Oregon.

  23. What about Policy… • In short, we really don’t have climate change policy. • Climate change policy attempts have been knocked down, avoided… • Policy makers know that our culture is focused on ease, modernity, consumption. • Even plastic bag policies are a huge deal…

  24. Other Questions? Observations? Comments?

  25. References Borberg, J. J Cone, L Jordice, M Harte, and P Corcoran. 2009. An Analysis of a Survey of Oregon Coast Decision Makers Regarding Climate Change. Oregon Sea Grant. URL: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs/s09001.html. Environmental Protection Agency. 2008. Analyses of the Effect of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems. URL: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-6/default.php Frumkin, H J Hess, G Luber, J Malilay, and M McGeehin.  2008. Climate Change: The Public Health Response. American Journal of Public Health 98(3): 435-445. Gallup. 2010. Americans’ Global Warming Concerns Continue to Drop (March 11, 2010). URL: http://www.gallup.com/poll/126560/americans-global-warming-concerns-continue-drop.aspx

  26. Lach, D, ,J Cone, B Doppelt, M Heumann, T Inman, K MacKendrick6 B Steel, and S Vynne. 2011. Human Dimensions of Climate Change: Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers to Change; Impacts on Cultural and Built Environment; and Potential Public Health Impacts. URL: occri.net/wpcontent/uploads/2011/04/chapter9ocar.pdf Physicians for Social Responsibility. 2012. URL: http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/global-warming/ Pierce, J, B Steel, and R Warner. 2009. Knowledge, Culture, and Public Support for Renewable Energy Technology Policy in Oregon. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 7: 270-286. McMichael, A, D Campbell-Lendrum, C Corvalán, K Ebi, A Githeko, J Scheraga, and A Woodward. 2003. World Health Organization (WHO). Climate change and human health - risks and responses. Oregon Parks and Recreation. 2010. Climate Change Response: Preparedness and Action Plan. URL: http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/NATRES/docs/OPRDClimateChangePlan_forCommission_forweb.pdf?ga=t

  27. Pew Research Center. 2010. Energy Concerns Fall, Deficit Concerns Rise. Public’s Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism.URL: http://www.people-press.org/2010/01/25/publics-priorities-for-2010-economy-jobs-terrorism/ Pike, C, M Herr, D Minkow, and H Weiner . 2008. Re: Green. The Ecological Roadmap. Earth Justice. URL: http://www.thesocialcapitalproject.org/a/thesocialcapitalproject.org/scp/The-Social-Capital-Project/publications/ecologicalroadmap USA Today/Gallup Poll. 2010. Voters Rate Economy as Top Issue for 2010 April 8, 2010. URL: http://www.gallup.com/poll/127247/voters-rate-economy-top-issue-2010.aspx Vynne, S and B Doppelt. 2009. Climate Change Health Preparedness in Oregon: An Assessment of Awareness, Preparation and Resource Needs for Potential Public Health Risks URL: www.thesocialcapitalproject.org/The-Social-Capital-Project

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