Doctors of BC supports efforts to increase access to green spaces in British Columbia and recommends that stakeholders at all levels coordinate to ensure green space planning incorporates equity-based considerations, including:
Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC recognizes the significant impact climate change has on human health and the need for everyone to work to reduce the rate at which climate change occurs. As such, Doctors of BC policy supports climate change prevention, mitigation and adaption measures. This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the health care system, identifying the potential impacts of climate change through physician training and health impact assessments to maximize potential health benefits and reduce risks.
Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC requests the Government to require BC municipalities to place equal consideration and value on both the health and environmental impact of major new land use developments during the approval processes under the powers conferred by the Community Charter and the Local Government Act in order to plan for and promote healthy communities.