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20 Apr 2018 |
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Urban Heat Island Index for California
Large urban areas often experience higher temperatures, greater pollution, and more negative health impacts during hot summer months, when compared to more rural communities. This phenomenon is known as the urban heat island. Heat islands are created by a combination of heat-absorptive surfaces (such as dark pavement and roofing), ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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When Every Drop Counts: Protecting Public Health During Drought Conditions—A Guide for Public Health Professionals
This document provides an overview of basic drought- and water-related information and principles, as well as numerous drought-related public health effects.This document also contains information regarding drought preparation and response. Those which should be conducted before, and in the early stages, and those relevant to late ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits
The health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change (very high confidence). These effects occur directly, due to changes in temperature and precipitation and occurrence of heat waves, floods, droughts, and fires. Indirectly, health may be damaged by ecological disruptions ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis; Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability; Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change; Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report.Includes Summary for Policymakers and a presentation of key findings.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Boosting the Benefits: Improving Air Quality and Health by Reducing Global Warming Pollution in California
The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) provides a significant opportunity to improve air quality and public health in the state. Our new analysis shows that many strategies for combating global warming will reduce air pollution, which lowers health risks. In fact, measures being considered for implementation under AB 32 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fever Pitch: Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever Threat Spreading in the Americas
New NRDC analysis finds that two types of mosquitoes capable of transmitting dengue fever can now be found across at least 28 states. As temperatures rise, the potential for transmission of this dangerous disease may increase in vulnerable parts of the United States as warmer temperatures and changing rainfall conditions expand both ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: Addressing climate change in healthcare settings
The paper begins to define a framework for analysing and addressing the health sector’s climate footprint – including identifying seven aspects of a climate-friendly hospital. It also draws on a series of examples from around the world that demonstrate that the health sector is indeed already beginning to provide leadership in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health from climate change: Connecting science, policy and people
A report from WHO presenting an overview of the science of the links between climate change and human health. It provides an update of the evidence on health risks caused by climate change, describes which populations are most vulnerable, and outlines the actions that will be necessary to protect health from climate change. Although ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Mainstreaming gender in health adaptation to climate change programmes: User’s guide
This guide is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identification, formulation and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health from climate change: Global research priorities
Weather and climate affect the key determinants of human health: air, food and water. They also influence the frequency of heatwaves, floods and storms as well as the transmission of infectious diseases. In addition, policies to mitigate climate change (for example in the energy, transport or urban planning sectors) have a direct and ...