Table 6. Climate change mitigation activities of local health departments.
Do you currently have or are you planning to have a program focused on this activity? | ||||
A program: | Currently | Planning | No | DK |
A program focused on mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the health department? | 12.0 (16) | 14.3 (19) | 68.4 (91) | 5.3 (7) |
A program to help residents of your jurisdiction reduce their greenhouse gas emissions? | 5.3 (7) | 7.5 (10) | 83.5 (111) | 3.8 (5) |
A program to reduce fossil fuel use or conserve energy in the operation of the health department? | 21.1 (28) | 18.8 (25) | 54.9 (73) | 5.3 (7) |
A program to help residents of your jurisdiction reduce their fossil fuel use or conserve energy? | 6.0 (8) | 8.3 (11) | 80.5 (107) | 5.3 (7) |
A program to encourage or help people to use active transportation such as walking, cycling? | 50.4 (67) | 11.3 (15) | 36.1 (48) | 2.3 (3) |
A program to encourage or help people to use mass transportation? | 15.0 (20) | 6.0 (8) | 76.7 (102) | 2.3 (3) |
A program to encourage or help people to change the way they purchase foods such as buying locally-grown foods, organic foods, or plant-based foods? | 33.8 (45) | 9.0 (12) | 54.1 (72) | 3.0 (4) |
A program to educate the public about climate change and its potential impact on health? | 8.3 (11) | 18.0 (24) | 69.9 (93) | 3.8 (5) |
The first entry in each cell is the percent of respondents; second is the actual number of respondents. DK = Don't Know.