How adaptable you are to climate change could depend on where you live in Edmonton [Video]

This story is part of the Prairies Climate Change Project, a joint initiative between CBC Edmonton and CBC Saskatchewan that focuses on weather and our changing climate.

How climate change affects your health could depend on where you live, according to a new study. 

In their examination of several Edmonton neighbourhoods, researchers at the University of Alberta mapped out which communities — and the people living in them — were most vulnerable to climate change. 

“Bringing climate health into climate change conversations then ratchets up that conversation and the importance of it, when we talk about addressing it and how quickly we have to address it,” said Shelby Yamamoto, lead researcher on the project by the Climate Health and Environment Epidemiology Research (CHEER) group. 

The team combed through data gathered from several sources, including the Canadian census, Alberta Health Services, Parks Canada and Environment Canada. 

Sammy Lowe, CHEER lab research …