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20 Apr 2018 |
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Co-benefits to health of climate change mitigation: Household energy in developing countries
New technologies for more efficient household fuel use in developing regions hold some of the greatest potential co-benefits for both health and climate in the household energy sector because they greatly reduce emissions. These interventions offer other co-benefits to health, gender equity and sustainable development for billions of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Co-benefits to health of climate change mitigation: occupational health
This document seeks to anticipate green technologies’ consequences for occupational health and safety, including hazards or risks they may present. The goal is to remove impediments to the dissemination and adoption of green technologies and to reduce avoidable risks for workers. This document identifies remediable hazards and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public Health and Climate Change: A guide for Increasing the Capacity of Local Public Health Departments
This guidebook is designed to support efforts to initiate and integrate climate planning within cunty, regional, and tribal public health departments and agencies. It will provide you and your department with the knowledge and skills to build capacity to address climate impacts and/or develop a climate action plan for your ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Excessive Heat Emergency Response Plan
The purpose of this plan is to provide information and to identify the DHHS role in response to excessive heat emergencies in the State in collaboration with the NR Public Health Regions and with other State agencies, and in accordance with the National Incident Management Systems. The plan includes the threshold for response ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human health and the Rio Conventions: biological diversity, climate change and desertification
This discussion paper is the result of collaboration between the World Health Organization and the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The report reviews the scientific evidence for the linkages ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Environmental Challenges and Vulnerable Communities: Assessing Legacies of the Past, Building Opportunities for the Future
This report draws from the previously described social vulnerability models and other resources to examine the effects of extreme weather events and climate-related challenges among vulnerable populations and highlighting opportunities for future focus. The intent of this research is to provide an inventory of available baseline data ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Maryland Heat Emergency Plan 2012 Version 1.0
The Maryland State Heat Emergency Plan guides Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s actions during an extreme heat event. This plan also provides guidance for local health departments to support them as they fulfill their roles.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Minnesota Healthy Planning: How-To Guide
The Minnesota Healthy Planning How-To Guide includes eight desired health goals to create a sustainable, healthy community and 20 built environment strategies for achieving those desired health goals. This How-To Guide is a set of recommendations, not requirements. Not all strategies are applicable to every setting. The suggested ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Human Health Effects of Rail Transport of Coal Through Multnomah County, Oregon: A Health Analysis and Recommendations for Further Action
This health analysis considers the potential impacts and human health consequences of three proposed coal export projects that could result in rail transport of coal through Multnomah County. The goals of this analysis are to: •Synthesize scientific knowledge about the human health impacts of coal transportation by rail •Identify ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Are We Ready? Report 2: Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change
This report contains three parts. Part I compares LHD directors’ perceptions regarding climate change to the perceptions of American adults generally. Part II compares the perceptions of LHD directors in 2012 to those of LHD directors surveyed in 2008. Part III presents survey data in relation to three variables: respondent belief ...