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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Science for Health Professionals
Medact has developed its second briefing explaining the health implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report describes in worrying detail the current and future impacts of climate change as well as the challenges we ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Confronting the Dual Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty: A Case Study of Cleveland
As the effects of climate change grow more frequent and severe across the country, it is becoming clear that climate change does not harm all Americans equally. Instead, it takes a particular toll on those who are already struggling with social or financial burdens. To confront this climate inequality, the city of Cleveland—which ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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RACP Climate Change and Health Position Statement
The medical profession has a duty of care to protect and promote the health of our patients and the community. Climate change presents a current and ongoing threat to human health globally. The medical profession has a responsibility to advocate for strong action to mitigate climate change and its consequences and to understand and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Do Americans Understand That Global Warming Is Harmful to Human Health? Evidence From a National Survey
Global warming has significant negative consequences for human health, with some groups at greater risk than others. The extent to which the public is aware of these risks is unclear; the limited extant research has yielded discrepant findings.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Doctors call for divestment from fossil fuels
The international divest–invest movement, which has been gaining momentum since it began in 2012, is making in-roads into the medical community. In 2014, the British Medical Association committed to divesting from fossil fuels and The Royal Australasian College of Physicians followed suit in June. The CMA has over $29 million in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Epidemiologist: Climate Change Is A Health Crisis
Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem. If you ask Michael McGeehin, climate change is a health crisis. McGeehin is an epidemiologist who spent more than 30 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He developed the CDC’s Climate Change Program. McGeehin was recently in Miami for an international ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family
Developed over three years by approximately one hundred experts in climate-change science and public health – including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans
Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans report delivers the results from research that rigorously tested words, phrases, and narratives that link climate change to mainstream Americans’ values. The findings include personally-relevant messages that give leaders and advocates across the country a powerful ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate: Frequently Asked Questions
Brochure of frequently asked questions on SAP 4.6. Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impact of Climate Change on Alaska Native Communities
Alaska Natives have always expected fluctuations from year-to-year in weather, hunting conditions, ice patterns and animal populations, but since 1970’s they have noticed many indications of major climate change.