Climate, Equity and Health Insights from The Convergence Partnership

Climate Change, Equity, and Health: How Funders Can Make
a Difference -- Insights from the Convergence Partnership
Presented by:
Loel Solomon, Ph.D., Vice President, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente
Jme McLean, MCP, MPH, Associate Director, PolicyLink
December 16, 2014
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Convergence for Healthy
People, Healthy Places
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December 16, 2014Convergence Partnership

The Convergence Partnership is a
collaboration of eight national
foundations and health-care
institutions.
Collectively, we provide support to
efforts across the country to create
conditions that can make real our
vision of healthy people and healthy
places.
 Ascension Health
 The California Endowment
 Kaiser Permanente
 Kresge Foundation
 MacArthur Foundation
 Nemours
 Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
 Rockefeller Foundation
 W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention serve as critical
technical advisors
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Convergence Mission
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The Convergence Partnership aims to achieve its vision by promoting:
• equity to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate and
prosper
• policies and practices that create conditions to sustain healthy
people and healthy places
• connections across multiple fields and sectors that catalyze and
accelerate the work
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Convergence Areas of Focus
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• Community Economic Development
• Field Building
• Food Systems
• Impact Investing
• Prevention and Health Systems
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Vision
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Healthy People, Healthy Places.
A nation in which every community fosters health, prosperity, and
well-being for all.
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Climate Change at the Nexus of
Community Economic Development,
Equity, and Health
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Convergence aims to advance equitable, healthy, and
sustainable communities by targeting investments, providing
support, and promoting policy advocacy related to:
• Built Environment
• Transportation Systems
• Jobs and Workforce
• Affordable Housing
• Displacement
• Economic Inclusion
• Food Systems
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Community Economic Development
community
impact
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Climate change will
intensify and exacerbate
the impacts being
experienced by
communities already
facing the greatest health
and environmental
challenges.
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community
impact
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The Threat of Unchecked Climate Change
Health
Outcomes
Economic
Opportunity
Food Transportation
Root Causes of Inequities
Climate Change
Common Strategies
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Announcement re: Climate Regulations
May 30, 2014 Weekly Address
Children’s National Medical Center
The Threat of Unchecked Climate Change

The Prime Directive: Community
Cohesion
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Resilience for Low-Income People
and Communities of Color:
A Path Forward
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 Statewide efforts to benefit health, reduce
carbon emissions, and promote equity
through transportation planning
 Multi-field, multi-sector regional
collaboration to improve quality of life for
residents
 Institutional changes to improve health
and environment for community and
employees
Opportunities at the Nexus
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CA Sustainable Communities Act (SB 375)
The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act
of 2008 (SB 375) supports the State’s climate action goals
to reduce GHG emissions through coordinated land use
and transportation planning.
 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32)
 Regional Sustainable Communities Strategies
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CA Sustainable Communities Act (SB 375)
The Convergence Partnership is providing support to equity
advocates to ensure that the Regional Transportation Plans
prioritize the needs and opportunities of low-income people
and communities of color
• Pooled funding across multiple foundations converging
across multiple issues and missions
• Many individual foundations are also supporting this
work individually, within the framework of their own
institutional scope and priorities
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Mile High Collaborative – Metro Denver
Mile High Connects is a broad partnership of organizations
from the private, public and nonprofit sectors that are
committed to increasing access to housing choices, good
jobs, quality schools and essential services via public
transit.
 Mission: Ensure that the Metro Denver regional transit
system fosters communities that offer all residents the
opportunity for a high quality of life
 Priority areas: Housing, Transit, Jobs, Education, Health
 Partnership: foundations, nonprofits, government
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Mile High Collaborative – Metro Denver
Mile High Connects is a broad partnership of organizations
from the private, public and nonprofit sectors that are
committed to increasing access to housing choices, good
jobs, quality schools and essential services via public
transit.
 Projects focus on the nexus of multiple issues
• Example: Denver Regional Equity Atlas
 Convergence Partnership provides technical assistance
and mentorship to support the regional collaboration
 Convergence works to share their experience and wins
across the funder network
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Environmental Stewardship at Kaiser Permanente:
Fulfilling our Role as a Total Health Organization
Do Good Things Make an Impact
Be Accountable for
All Our Impacts
Ensure access
to high quality care and
coverage
Address the conditions of
health in the physical,
social, natural
environment
Understand our ecological and
economic footprint, and their impact
on community health; act accordingly;
set a good example
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Driving for accountability on climate
change
• Healthcare is responsible for 8% of America’s carbon footprint
• KP goal: 30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2020 (against
2008 baseline)
Stationary combustion for
heating and emergency
power
25%
Medical gases and
halogenated anesthetic
agents
5%
Refrigerants
2%
Mobile combustion by fleet
vehicles
2%
Purchased
electricity
66%
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Kaiser Permanente’s Climate Action
Agenda
• Operational efficiencies and innovation
• Renewable energy
• Community health initiatives
• Public awareness and movement building
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5% reduction in GHG emissions since
2008
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The Road Ahead: Working in the Nexus
Healthy People Healthy Environments
Thriving Local Economies
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Conclusions
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The Road Ahead is Challenging…But We Can Find a Way
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Please visit us online at:
www.convergencepartnership.org
twitter.com/convergencepartnership
facebook.com/convergencepartnership
Thank you!
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