Healthy Environments

Current scientific evidence for indoor heat thresholds for adverse health effects, factors affecting indoor temperature, and ways to modify it and the effects on health.

Explore resources that may support the development of public health surveillance of climate change impacts on the health of populations in Ontario.

Summarizes available evidence on the features of environments (or changes to environments) that help to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Assesses the health risks and associated risk reduction from backyard chickens.

This scan describes heat alert and response systems, interventions and thresholds in Ontario and comparable jurisdictions.

Examine interventions that aim to prevent, mitigate or respond to heat-related harms among people at elevated risk of adverse health impacts during heat events.