Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments: A Knowledge to Action Resource Guide

This resource guide presents tools and guidance that can help inform the development of rigorous and participatory vulnerability and adaptation assessments from local to national level across Canada.

It provides vulnerability and adaptation assessment guidance tools along with examples of completed Canadian assessment studies

Intended users

Canadian health authorities working to assess the impacts of climate change on health and adaptive measures. The tool can also be adapted to other contexts and used by Ministry of Health; researchers; anyone conducting a Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment to learn from Canada’s experience.