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20 Apr 2018 |
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Indicators linking health and sustainability in the post-2015 development agenda
The UN-led discussion about the post-2015 sustainable development agenda provides an opportunity to develop indicators and targets that show the importance of health as a precondition for and an outcome of policies to promote sustainable development. Health as a precondition for development has received considerable attention in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival
Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and survival via weather extremes and climatic impacts on food yields, fresh water, infectious diseases, conflict, and displacement. Paradoxically, these risks to health are neither widely nor fully recognized. Historical experiences of diverse societies experiencing climatic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Are We Ready: Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change
Local health departments play a vital role in helping communities prepare for and address the health effects of climate change. In 2012, NACCHO and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication assessed local health department directors’ perceptions of the impacts of climate change within their ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet Extreme Heat
Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature. Most heat disorders occur because the victim has been overexposed to heat or has over-exercised for his or her age and physical condition. Older […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health risks, present and future, from global climate change
There is now no serious scientific debate: human actions are changing the world’s climate, and are set to do so at an increasing rate in coming decades. Urgent action is now required to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (the dominant long acting greenhouse gas), if global temperature rises are not to exceed 2°C—the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adaptation in Action: Grantee Success Stories from CDC’s Climate and Health Program
Many factors affect communities; however, few are as far-reaching as the environment. A healthy environment is vital to building a healthy community. Yet protecting public health is more than preserving environmental resources like clean air and water. Protecting public health requires equipping communities with the knowledge and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Addressing Climate Change in the Health Care Setting: Opportunities for Action
Combating climate change is not a finite goal but an ongoing effort. Whether focusing on fleet management, local sourcing, energy and water conservation strategies, or green energy, climate change response is a continuous process. The important thing is to get started. Initiate the conversation internally, get others excited about ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
For several years now, those working in public health have been building the case that climate change is a major public health issue. National Public Health Week 2008, themed “Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance,” was the official start to APHA’s work to illuminate the connection between climate change and public health. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fossil fuel companies and climate change: the case for divestment
Climate change is likely to have a negative effect on human health through diverse pathways, including extreme weather events and heat waves, the spread of disease vectors to previously temperate climates, and disruption of the water cycle causing drought, famine, conflict, and mass migration. To prevent this we need to rapidly ...