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20 Apr 2018 |
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Public Health Opportunities to Address the Health Effects of Climate Change
Climate change poses major threats to human health, human and animal populations, ecological stability, and human social, financial, and political stability and well-being. Observed health impacts of climate change include increased heat-related morbidity and mortality, expanded ranges and frequency of infectious disease outbreaks, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Position Statement: Climate Change Threatens Public Health
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is the national nonprofit organization representing public health agencies in the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia, and the more than 100,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO members, the chief health officials of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health must be addressed by the International climate conference COP21
The 21st Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) will take place in December in Paris. It is an important opportunity to tackle the impact of climate change on health by drafting a genuine universal agreement which would put health to the foreground in the debate on climate change […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Position Statement on Climate Change
NCEJN developed a statement to explain our environmental justice perspective on climate change to predominantly white environmental groups that seek to partner with us. NCEJN opposes strategies that reduce greenhouse emissions while maintaining or magnifying existing social, economic, and environmental injustices. Wealthy communities ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human rights and climate change
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,Welcoming ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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WHPA Statement on Health and Climate Change
Based on recognised scientific evidences related to the impact of climate change on health, the WHPA is profoundly concerned by its harmful effects, predominantly among vulnerable populations, including the risks of increased malnutrition, death and injury due to natural disasters (e.g. floods and storms), changes in disease patterns ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Ready for Change: A Report on Climate Change Trainings for Public Health and Emergency Preparedness Sectors in Oregon
In 2011, the Oregon Health Authority, in partnership with the Research Innovation Group, delivered trainings designed to provide an overview of climate change impacts, resulting consequences for public health, and introduce potential tools and resources that build capacity to prepare for change.This document provides a summary of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Toolkit 2016
Resources to help reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in your practice. Physicians can play a substantial role in addressing climate change by advocating for climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and educating themselves about climate change and how it affects public and individual health, and the potential ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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State of the Air 2016
The “State of the Air 2016” found con nued improvement in air quality in 2012–2014, showing lower levels of year-round par cle pollu on and ozone. S ll, more than half of all Americans—166 million people—live in coun es where they are exposed to unhealthful levels of these pollutants. The “State of the Air 2016” […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Creating and Mapping an Urban Heat Island Index for California
In order to further evaluate the factors that can influence thermal environmental stresses, a characterization of how urban areas affect local microclimates, air temperature in particular, is necessary. To assist the CalEPA in evaluating the thermal impacts of urban areas in California, this study characterizes the urban heat island ...