climate, equity and health insights from the convergence partnership

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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 PermanenteJme McLean, MCP, MPH, Associate Director, PolicyLink

December 16, 2014

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Convergence for Healthy People, Healthy Places

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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 Mission4

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 Focus5

• Community Economic Development

• Field Building

• Food Systems

• Impact Investing

• Prevention and Health Systems


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Vision6

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 RegulationsMay 30, 2014 Weekly AddressChildren’s National Medical Center

The Threat of Unchecked Climate Change

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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

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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 DenverMile 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 DenverMile 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 ImpactBe Accountable for

All Our Impacts

Ensure accessto 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

power25%

Medical gases and halogenated anesthetic

agents5%

Refrigerants2%

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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ConclusionsDecember 16, 2014Convergence Partnership

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The Road Ahead is Challenging…But We Can Find a Way25December 16, 2014Convergence Partnership

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Please visit us online at: www.convergencepartnership.orgtwitter.com/convergencepartnershipfacebook.com/convergencepartnership

Thank you!December 16, 2014Convergence Partnership

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