Archive
Taxonomy Archive: author
20 Apr 2018 |
 |
 |
Public Health Institute
PHI brings together experts to develop new, collaborative approaches to public health challenges around the globe. PHI’s Center for Climate Change & Health contributes to building healthy and climate-resilient communities that have the right tools to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Center engages local leaders, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Rhode Island Department of Health
The Climate Change Program at the RI Dept. of Health aims to assist our State and Rhode Islanders in preparing for climate change through both mitigation and adaptation efforts, building resiliency in our communities, and reducing the public health burdens related to climate effects.
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
San Francisco Department of Public Health
The impacts of climate change on human health are a major concern, particularly for populations with known health disparities. In response to this pressing public health issue, in 2010 The San Francisco Department of Public Health created its Climate and Health Program. The goal of the program is to help San Francisco develop ways to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Social Justice Learning Institute
The Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI) is dedicated to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color by empowering them to enact social change through research, training, and community mobilization. SJLI envisions communities where individuals use their agency to improve each other’s lives. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
The International Transformational Resilience Coalition
The International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC) is composed of over 200 mental health, trauma treatment, emergency response and other professionals working to address the mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change. We provide research, skills building, and policy expertise on personal and psychosocial ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
The Nature Conservancy
Climate change is one of the world’s most urgent challenges and an immediate risk to our communities, economies, and to our conservation mission. We must act – as individuals, in our communities, as business leaders, and as policymakers. The Nature Conservancy promotes practical, innovative solutions to create a prosperous, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty
As the Centers for Disease Control, the White House administration and other federal and state agencies grapple with how best to deal with Zika, it’s critical that we all take special note of communities that are likely to face even greater threats than the general population from these diseases. Individuals living near or below ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review
Walking and cycling for transportation (i.e. active transportation, AT), provide substantial health benefits from increased physical activity (PA). However, risks of injury from exposure to motorized traffic and their emissions (i.e. air pollution) exist. The objective was to systematically review studies conducting health impact ...
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Climate change: Pollution hits low-income communities hardest
There are a lot of questions surrounding California climate policy right now. For me, growing up in Watts, Los Angeles, the most important question is: how will state climate policies help low-income communities and communities of color?
20 Apr 2018 |
|
|
Letter: Climate change does kill more than terror
Hoppy Kercheval dismisses Secretary of State John Kerry’s assertion that climate change poses an even greater threat to mankind than terrorism. Writing on July 26, he said the effects of climate change are uncertain and proceeds to catalogue known deaths from terror attacks around the world since 1968 (tens of thousands).