Climate change adaptation and health equity

While the resulting impacts are likely to test the resilience of all populations, the ability of vulnerable populations to cope with the impacts is of particular concern. [...] Vulnerability, the degree to which individuals and systems are susceptible to or unable to cope with the adverse effects of climate change, is a function of: 6. Exposure to the weather or climate-related hazard, including the character, magnitude and rate of climate variation (Kovats et al. [...] Women may be more vulnerable to psychosocial health impacts during extreme events because they are more likely to bear the burden of recovering from the event, and of continuing to meet multiple demands in and outside the household Seniors. [...] THE TORONTO CONTEXT The current and projected makeup of the City of Toronto has been extensively documented by Statistics Canada, the City of Toronto and other sources. [...] The incidence of low income families and individuals in 2005 is higher than it was at the beginning of the 1990s, and is almost double that in the rest of the GTA, Ontario and Canada.