Climate change impact on health and wellbeing

The Victorian public health and wellbeing plan 2019-2023 recognises that climate change is a leading threat to health and wellbeing and tackling climate change and its impact on health is included as one of four key focus areas in the plan.

While these resources have been developed to assist councils, these infographs may be useful for nurses and midwives practicing in a variety of settings.

• Infographic: Summary of projected climate change impacts in Victoria by the 2050s under a high emissions scenario, compared with 1986–2005 (JPG, 234 KB)
• Infographic: Direct and indirect effects of climate change on health and wellbeing (JPG, 211 KB)
• Infographic: Climate change and health co-benefits – Portrait (JPG, 250 KB) - landscape (JPG, 218 KB)
• Infographic: Framework of the risks of climate variability and change (JPG, 156 KB)

Other resources:

• World Health Organisation 'Climate change and health' fact sheet
• Sustainability Victoria – 2019 Research on climate change and community and climate change and health professionals or download the report [PDF] or view the key findings infographic [PDF]
• Heat health: advice for people with pre-existing conditions: