{"id":1815,"date":"2023-02-17T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/?post_type=chapter&p=1815"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:53:28","slug":"recommendations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/chapter\/recommendations\/","title":{"raw":"Recommendations","rendered":"Recommendations"},"content":{"raw":"Below is a compiled list of recommendations. Click each recommendation to be taken back to the section of the book which it appears<\/span>\r\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chapter 1: Assessing the Impact of Climate Change<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n
    \r\n \t
  1. Recognize that climate change is an established scientific phenomenon<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Climate change policy should have a greater focus on vulnerable populations, including rural communities, which are at an increased risk to climate change-related threats.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Encourage and support education at all levels about the realities and potential impacts of climate change and ecosystem disruptions, particularly within local contexts.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Approaches to climate change policy should be well-informed and solution-based to produce more positive attitudes towards climate action and provide a hopeful path forward.<\/a>\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 2<\/strong>: Climate Mitigation and <\/strong>Adaptation<\/strong> Strategies<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Mitigation and adaptation strategies should include knowledge translation mechanisms to assure that all stakeholders are equipped with knowledge and tools necessary to adapt to climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  6. Encourage rural municipal governments to fulfill the BC Climate Action Charter objectives and to adopt Planh recommendations.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  7. Rural communities should perform an impact assessment of local healthcare activities on their natural environment when planning climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  8. Rural physicians should be encouraged to build public awareness of climate change and support mitigation and adaptation efforts, particularly in reference to environmental health concerns.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  9. Vulnerability factors should be identified at a local level for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation planning as risks vary between regions.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  10. There should be a focus on sustainable and equitable economic recovery rather than rebuilding the pre-COVID system.<\/a><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 3<\/strong>: Healthy Rural Communities Responding to Climate Change and Ecosystem Disruption<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  11. Rural community adaptation to the challenges of climate change and ecosystem disruption should be built on a strong local foundation addressing climate hazards, resources, and opportunities for a strategic response.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  12. Evidence-based information should be used to support emergency response planning.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  13. Local healthcare, human and infrastructure resources should be inventoried and considered in emergency response planning.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  14. Local healthcare should be built on generalist practice with strategic enhanced skills and supported by existing resources and infrastructure.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  15. Physicians should enhance their environmental literacy so that they can support community resilience to climate change and ecosystem disruption.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  16. Community health service needs should be quantified based on catchment population characteristics and risk profile in order to meet those needs in an appropriate and sustainable manner.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  17. Virtual care should be supported by communications infrastructure and networking.<\/span><\/a>\r\n
    Chapter 4: Data Transparency to Support Rural Community Sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  18. Rural health services should be systematically organized to respond to the needs of the population and support rural health service planners.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  19. Local health services leaders should be encouraged to engage in quality improvement activities and monitor the impact through local data<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  20. Rural populations should be linked to the service reach by creating hospital population catchments.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  21. In order to understand transport patterns, the relationship between local health services and supportive regional health services should be tracked with respect to local patients.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  22. Catchment data should be enhanced to include environmental assets and liabilities related to the local population and landscape.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  23. Rural population health data should be used to monitor and evaluate the impact of transformation and rural resilience to climate change and ecosystem disruption.<\/span><\/a>\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 5: Reconnecting with Nature<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  24. Indigenous teachings, such as Two-Eyed Seeing, should be acknowledged and learned from to better understand how our natural environment influences our wellbeing.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  25. Further research into the health benefits of spending time in and connecting with our natural environment should be supported.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  26. Exposure to nature from a young age to teach its value and importance should be promoted, particularly in childhood education.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  27. All communities and schools should organize initiatives to promote connecting with and preserving nature, such as establishing community gardens.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  28. Physicians should consider adopting nature prescription programs for patients as part of their process of care.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
  29. At least 2 hours per week should be spent outside, interacting with nature and our natural environment, to benefit physical and mental health.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  30. We should honour, respect, and invoke the terms of reconciliation put forward by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in their Calls to Action report and beyond.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  31. Ecosystem-based conservation planning should be promoted to maintain and restore natural ecological integrity.<\/a><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 6: Behavioural Determinants of Climate Action and Collective Change<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  32. Identification of and efforts to address the causes of the \u201cGreen Gap\u201d - the space between intention and action \u2013 are required with regard to adopting sustainable, adaptive, and resilience-oriented practices in the face of climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  33. The collectivist nature of rural communities should be drawn upon to promote the adoption of pro-environmental behaviour and climate adaptation strategies which are key to enhancing transformational resilience at the community level.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  34. Research should take an integrated approach, using systems-based thinking, to establish a clear understanding of causes of barriers to the adoption of pro-environmental behaviour.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  35. Educational resources should be developed that focus on encouraging and supporting social change to promote the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours.<\/a>\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 7: Transformative Resilience<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  36. Transformation of our current systems should be guided by values of sustainability, collective action, long-term thinking and bottom-up approaches.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  37. Recognize that transitioning from the current dominant system to an emerging system will involve innovation and openness to change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  38. Consider and address the needs of the Earth\u2019s complex ecological and natural systems in transformative processes.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  39. Promote education and relationship building to strengthen the resilience of rural communities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  40. Transformation should accommodate the needs of vulnerable populations.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  41. Recognize constructive disruption as a necessary part of the processes of transformation and change.<\/a><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 8: <\/strong>Sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  42. Recognize that the fundamental principle of sustainability must underpin our economic and social activities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  43. Respect the land as if it is borrowed from our children and children\u2019s children. Return it to them better than we found it.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  44. Give precedence to practices of sustainable growth versus profit maximization in research and program evaluation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  45. Disincentivize exploitation of the environment through legislation and taxation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  46. Consider and address the needs of vulnerable communities when building sustainable systems.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  47. Prioritize the collective good of local populations in decisions of land and resource use.<\/a><\/span>\r\n
    Chapter 9: Youth<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
  48. Encourage and champion young people as leaders in the fights against climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  49. Develop more support systems for youth struggling with climate change-related mental health issues, such as eco-anxiety, and make these resources widely accessible.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  50. Make strategic investments to strengthen the involvement of children and youth in responding to climate change and ecosystem disruption through research, education and leadership opportunities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  51. Ensure access to comprehensive climate change and ecosystem disruption curriculum, with a focus on positive solutions for the future, for children and youth.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  52. Facilitate youth involvement in our political and democratic systems at every level to support climate change mitigation and adaptation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  53. Expose children and youth to nature through social and educational programs to foster respect for and understanding of the natural world.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"

    Below is a compiled list of recommendations. Click each recommendation to be taken back to the section of the book which it appears<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chapter 1: Assessing the Impact of Climate Change<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
      \n
    1. Recognize that climate change is an established scientific phenomenon<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Climate change policy should have a greater focus on vulnerable populations, including rural communities, which are at an increased risk to climate change-related threats.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Encourage and support education at all levels about the realities and potential impacts of climate change and ecosystem disruptions, particularly within local contexts.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Approaches to climate change policy should be well-informed and solution-based to produce more positive attitudes towards climate action and provide a hopeful path forward.<\/a>
      \n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
      Chapter 2<\/strong>: Climate Mitigation and <\/strong>Adaptation<\/strong> Strategies<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    5. Mitigation and adaptation strategies should include knowledge translation mechanisms to assure that all stakeholders are equipped with knowledge and tools necessary to adapt to climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Encourage rural municipal governments to fulfill the BC Climate Action Charter objectives and to adopt Planh recommendations.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Rural communities should perform an impact assessment of local healthcare activities on their natural environment when planning climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Rural physicians should be encouraged to build public awareness of climate change and support mitigation and adaptation efforts, particularly in reference to environmental health concerns.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Vulnerability factors should be identified at a local level for effective climate change mitigation and adaptation planning as risks vary between regions.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    10. There should be a focus on sustainable and equitable economic recovery rather than rebuilding the pre-COVID system.<\/a><\/span>
      \n
      Chapter 3<\/strong>: Healthy Rural Communities Responding to Climate Change and Ecosystem Disruption<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    11. Rural community adaptation to the challenges of climate change and ecosystem disruption should be built on a strong local foundation addressing climate hazards, resources, and opportunities for a strategic response.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    12. Evidence-based information should be used to support emergency response planning.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    13. Local healthcare, human and infrastructure resources should be inventoried and considered in emergency response planning.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    14. Local healthcare should be built on generalist practice with strategic enhanced skills and supported by existing resources and infrastructure.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    15. Physicians should enhance their environmental literacy so that they can support community resilience to climate change and ecosystem disruption.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    16. Community health service needs should be quantified based on catchment population characteristics and risk profile in order to meet those needs in an appropriate and sustainable manner.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    17. Virtual care should be supported by communications infrastructure and networking.<\/span><\/a>
      \n
      Chapter 4: Data Transparency to Support Rural Community Sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    18. Rural health services should be systematically organized to respond to the needs of the population and support rural health service planners.<\/a><\/li>\n
    19. Local health services leaders should be encouraged to engage in quality improvement activities and monitor the impact through local data<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    20. Rural populations should be linked to the service reach by creating hospital population catchments.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    21. In order to understand transport patterns, the relationship between local health services and supportive regional health services should be tracked with respect to local patients.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    22. Catchment data should be enhanced to include environmental assets and liabilities related to the local population and landscape.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    23. Rural population health data should be used to monitor and evaluate the impact of transformation and rural resilience to climate change and ecosystem disruption.<\/span><\/a>
      \n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
      Chapter 5: Reconnecting with Nature<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    24. Indigenous teachings, such as Two-Eyed Seeing, should be acknowledged and learned from to better understand how our natural environment influences our wellbeing.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    25. Further research into the health benefits of spending time in and connecting with our natural environment should be supported.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    26. Exposure to nature from a young age to teach its value and importance should be promoted, particularly in childhood education.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    27. All communities and schools should organize initiatives to promote connecting with and preserving nature, such as establishing community gardens.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    28. Physicians should consider adopting nature prescription programs for patients as part of their process of care.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
    29. At least 2 hours per week should be spent outside, interacting with nature and our natural environment, to benefit physical and mental health.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    30. We should honour, respect, and invoke the terms of reconciliation put forward by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in their Calls to Action report and beyond.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    31. Ecosystem-based conservation planning should be promoted to maintain and restore natural ecological integrity.<\/a><\/span>
      \n
      Chapter 6: Behavioural Determinants of Climate Action and Collective Change<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    32. Identification of and efforts to address the causes of the \u201cGreen Gap\u201d – the space between intention and action \u2013 are required with regard to adopting sustainable, adaptive, and resilience-oriented practices in the face of climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    33. The collectivist nature of rural communities should be drawn upon to promote the adoption of pro-environmental behaviour and climate adaptation strategies which are key to enhancing transformational resilience at the community level.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    34. Research should take an integrated approach, using systems-based thinking, to establish a clear understanding of causes of barriers to the adoption of pro-environmental behaviour.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    35. Educational resources should be developed that focus on encouraging and supporting social change to promote the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours.<\/a>
      \n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
      Chapter 7: Transformative Resilience<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    36. Transformation of our current systems should be guided by values of sustainability, collective action, long-term thinking and bottom-up approaches.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    37. Recognize that transitioning from the current dominant system to an emerging system will involve innovation and openness to change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    38. Consider and address the needs of the Earth\u2019s complex ecological and natural systems in transformative processes.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    39. Promote education and relationship building to strengthen the resilience of rural communities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    40. Transformation should accommodate the needs of vulnerable populations.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    41. Recognize constructive disruption as a necessary part of the processes of transformation and change.<\/a><\/span>
      \n
      Chapter 8: <\/strong>Sustainability<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    42. Recognize that the fundamental principle of sustainability must underpin our economic and social activities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    43. Respect the land as if it is borrowed from our children and children\u2019s children. Return it to them better than we found it.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    44. Give precedence to practices of sustainable growth versus profit maximization in research and program evaluation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    45. Disincentivize exploitation of the environment through legislation and taxation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    46. Consider and address the needs of vulnerable communities when building sustainable systems.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    47. Prioritize the collective good of local populations in decisions of land and resource use.<\/a><\/span>
      \n
      Chapter 9: Youth<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
    48. Encourage and champion young people as leaders in the fights against climate change.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    49. Develop more support systems for youth struggling with climate change-related mental health issues, such as eco-anxiety, and make these resources widely accessible.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    50. Make strategic investments to strengthen the involvement of children and youth in responding to climate change and ecosystem disruption through research, education and leadership opportunities.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    51. Ensure access to comprehensive climate change and ecosystem disruption curriculum, with a focus on positive solutions for the future, for children and youth.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    52. Facilitate youth involvement in our political and democratic systems at every level to support climate change mitigation and adaptation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
    53. Expose children and youth to nature through social and educational programs to foster respect for and understanding of the natural world.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1751,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1815","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1774,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3035,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1815\/revisions\/3035"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1774"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1815\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ccedarrproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}