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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Action is Health Action: Why Support for California Climate Legislation is Good for Our Health
Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, director of PHI’s Center for Climate Change and Health, recently testified before the California State Assembly on SB 350, one of the key bills moving through the legislature, and serves as a national spokesperson to raise awareness of the connections between climate change and health. We sat down with Linda ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Ent y Cambio Climatico: Oportunidades Conjuntas para la Accion
El cambio climático y las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT) son dos de los retos decisivos del siglo 21, cada uno presenta una amenaza significativa para la salud y el desarrollo sostenible. Se proyecta que el cambio climático tendrá efectos cada vez más perjudiciales para las comunidades y las economías en las próximas ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health Equity: How Can Climate Action Meet the Needs of the Most Vulnerable
Climate change and health inequity are two of the greatest challenges for health, and are related in complex ways. COP21 in Paris is a crucial opportunity to ensure that climate strategies of the future are designed to reduce health inequity and meet the needs of the most vulnerable populations. The Global Climate and Health Alliance ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Food Safety
This week, the 2015 World Health Day took place on April 7th, focusing on the theme of Food Safety, and included the production of many useful informational resources, accessible here.Following this, we have produced a briefing document which explores some of the main connections between climate change and food safety, including ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction
This short video produced by the US Environmetnal Protection Agency presents the environmental and health impacts of climate change. The Earth’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is already having impacts on people’s lives across the country. It’s affecting many things that people care ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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WMA Declaration of Delhi on Health and Climate Change
The purpose of this document is to provide a response by the WMA on behalf of its members to the challenges imposed on health and healthcare systems by climate change. Although governments and international organizations have the main responsibility for creating regulations and legislation to mitigate the effects of climate change ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action
The Earth’s changing climate is affecting human health and the environment in many ways. Across the United States (U.S.), temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting, and extreme climate events are becoming more common. Scientists are confident that many of the observed changes in the climate are caused by the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Address causes of climate change to help alleviate effects on children
The American Academy of Pediatrics presents a discussion of the health impacts of climate change on children in particular. Children are an identified vulnerable population during times of extreme weather events, including heat and storms. The AAP advocates for a concerted effort and strategy to address the causes of climate change ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impacts of climate change on public health in India: future research directions
BACKGROUND: Climate change and associated increases in climate variability will likely further exacerbate global health disparities. More research is needed, particularly in developing countries, to accurately predict the anticipated impacts and inform effective interventions. OBJECTIVES: Building on the information presented at the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Environmental contaminants and human health in the Canadian Arctic
The third Canadian Arctic Human Health Assessment conducted under the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), in association with the circumpolar Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), addresses concerns about possible adverse health effects in individuals exposed to environmental contaminants through a diet ...