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20 Apr 2018 |
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Global climate change treaty to have public health impacts: Lowering greenhouse gas emissions
Nearly 200 nations came together in Paris in December to accept a climate change agreement that is being heralded as a pivotal moment for global health and a turning point in work to mitigate and adapt to climate change.Unlike previous international climate change accords, the agreement that came out of the Paris Climate Conference, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The geographic distribution and economic value of climate change-related ozone health impacts in the United States in 2030
In this United States-focused analysis we use outputs from two general circulation models (GCMs) driven by different greenhouse gas forcing scenarios as inputs to regional climate and chemical transport models to investigate potential changes in near-term U.S. air quality due to climate change. We conduct multiyear simulations to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The green dividend of urban biking? Evidence of improved community and sustainable development
As the cost of car ownership has skyrocketed, urban biking has experienced the largest share increase of any transportation mode, rising by 40% between the years 2000 and 2014. Growing attention is being paid to the potential local economic development impacts of urban neighbourhoods becoming more bike-friendly. It is now a green ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Justice in Rural Southeastern United States: A review of Climate Change Impacts and Effects on Human Health
Climate justice is a local, national, and global movement to protect at-risk populations who are disproportionately affected by climate change. The social context for this review is the Southeastern region of the United States, which is particularly susceptible to climate change because of the geography of the area and the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions, climate change and limits to warming
Defining and operationalizing Article 2 of the UNFCCC remains a challenge. The question of what is dangerous climate change is not a purely scientific one, as danger necessarily has a subjective dimension and its definition requires judgment and precaution. The papers in this special issue of Regional Environmental Change attempt to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Why sustainable population growth is a key to climate change and public health equity
Australia’s population could reach 42 million by 2050. This rapid population growth, if unabated, will have significant social, public health and environmental implications. On the one hand, it is a major driver of climate change and environmental degradation; on the other it is likely to be a major contributor to growing ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impact of Climate Conditions on Occupational Health and Related Economic Losses: A New Feature of Global and Urban Health in the Context of Climate Change
One feature of climate change is the increasing heat exposure in many workplaces where efficient cooling systems cannot be applied. Excessive heat exposure is a particular problem for working people because of the internal heat production when muscle work is carried out. The physiological basis for severe heat stroke, other clinical ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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It’s here! Are we ready? Five case studies of health promotion practices that address climate change from within Victorian health care settings.
ISSUE ADDRESSED: Climate changes and environmental degradation caused by anthropogenic activities are having an irrefutable impact on human health. The critical role played by health promotion in addressing environmental challenges has a history in seminal charters—such as the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion—that ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Assessing climate change and health vulnerability at the local level: Travis County, Texas
We created a measure to help comprehend population vulnerability to potential flooding and excessive heat events using health, built environment and social factors. Through principal component analysis (PCA), we created non-weighted sum index scores of literature-reviewed social and built environment characteristics. We created ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Urban health inequities and the added pressure of climate change: an action-oriented research agenda
Climate change will likely exacerbate already existing urban social inequities and health risks, thereby exacerbating existing urban health inequities. Cities in low- and middle-income countries are particularly vulnerable. Urbanization is both a cause of and potential solution to global climate change. Most population growth in the ...