Reports and research
CPHA has curated this list of reports and research to provide an overview of current infectious disease and climate change topics.
Some of the following reports are available in French only.
- Mobilizing Public Health Action on Climate Change in Canada (Annual PHAC Report)
- A review of ticks in Canada and health risks from exposure (NCCEH)
- The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2023 Report (CPHA, CMA, and CNA)
- Training Ambassadors in the Prevention and Surveillance of Lyme Disease in Quebec (INSPQ)
- Hep C in England annual report (Government of the United Kingdom)
- Portrait de la maladie de Lyme au Québec (INSPQ)
- Mosquito-borne Diseases and Climate Change (Climate Atlas of Canada)
- Climate, Health and COVID-19 in British Columbia (Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions)
- The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for Canada
- Weekly Intelligence Reports (Community for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases)
- Systematizing the One Health Approach in Preparedness and Response Efforts for Infectious Disease Outbreaks (The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
- Tick-Borne Disease Working Group Reports (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
- Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action (Government of Canada)
- Canada in a Changing Climate National and Regional Reports (Government of Canada)
- The 2020 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises
- Quebec’s Multi-Party Observatory on Zoonoses and Adaptation to Climate Change
- The Health Costs of Climate Change (Canadian Institute for Climate Choices)
- Waterborne Disease and Climate Change (Climate Atlas of Canada)
- Lyme disease under climate change (Climate Atlas of Canada)
- Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic disease and how to break the chain of transmission (United Nations Environment Program)
- Les changements climatiques abrégé à l’intention des professionnels de la santé (INSPQ)
- Zoonoses en milieu professionnel : portrait des vulnérabilités et identification des besoins au Québec (INSPQ)
- The impacts of climate and land use change on tick-related risks – NCCEH
- Impacts of Canada’s changing climate on West Nile Virus vectors – NCCEH
- Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report – The UN
- Quality over quantity in active tick surveillance: Sentinel surveillance outperforms risk-based surveillance for tracking tick-borne disease emergence in southern Canada – Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)
- Managing tick-related risks in outdoor environments – NCCEH
Canada Communicable Disease Reports
- 2022, Volume 48-6: Vector-borne infections Part 2: Wildlife & Companion Animals
- 2022, Volume 48-5: Vector-borne infections Part 1: Ticks & Mosquitos
- 2021, Volume 47-01: Foodborne and Animal Contact Disease Outbreaks
- 2019, Volume 45-7/8 2019: Zoonotic diseases
- 2018, Volume 44-10: Climate change and Lyme disease
- 2017, Volume 43-10: Emerging infections
- 2017 Volume 43-1: Enteric disease outbreaks
- 2016, Volume 42-10: Emerging challenges of vector-borne diseases and cities
- All CCDR past issues
- Weathering What’s Ahead: Climate Change Risk and Nova Scotia’s Well-being – Government of Nova Scotia
- Summary Report: Tick Species in Ontario – Public Health Ontario (PHO)
- Just Transition Guide: Indigenous Led Pathways toward Equitable Climate Solutions and Resiliency in the Climate Crisis – Indigenous Climate Action
- Climate Change, Population Health, and Health Equity – CPHA, CHASE, OPHA
- Our Risk For Infectious Diseases Is Increasing Because of Climate Change – CDC
Research
The following is a curated, non-exhaustive list of articles which provide evidence-based reviews of the research on climate change and infectious disease.
- Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change
- The Tick-borne and Climate Change 3 West project
- Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk
- Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal
- Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control
- Prioritization of vector-borne diseases in Canada under current climate and projected climate change
- Forecasting Zoonotic Infectious Disease Response to Climate Change: Mosquito Vectors and a Changing Environment
- Climate Change, Foodborne Pathogens and Illness in Higher-Income Countries
- Reviews of Lyme Disease Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment (CADTH)
- Advancing Health Equity in Community-Based Climate Action: From Concept to Practice (AJPH)
- Envisioning environmental equity: climate change, health, and racial justice
Last modified: August 24, 2021
Creating a National Forum for Knowledge Exchange, Capacity Building and Collaboration to Address Infectious Diseases and Climate Change
CPHA has been funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada through the Infectious Disease and Climate Change Fund for a project titled “Creating a national forum for knowledge exchange, capacity building and collaboration to address infectious diseases and climate change.” The project runs July 2020 to March 2024.