Taxonomy Archive: overview/general
20 Apr 2018 |
While epidemics of chronic disease are currently by far the leading causes of death, climate change is considered the greatest public health threat. This video explains how people can eat to combat dietary diseases and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.
20 Apr 2018 |
Climate One presents a podcast in which three speakers discuss vulnerable populations, specifically communitites of color, and the impacts of climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change maps out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, to ensure the highest attainable standards of health for populations worldwide. This Commission is multidisciplinary and international, with strong collaboration between academic centres in Europe and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
“We have to start connecting the dots between climate change and human health,” says Kim Knowlton, a convening lead author of the National Climate Assessment’s Human Health chapter. Climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air ...
20 Apr 2018 |
President Obama delivered remarks at Howard University on the impact of climate change on our public health. April 7, 2015.
20 Apr 2018 |
Air pollution and climate change are harming our health. 5 minute compilation of the voices of those affected. Emphasis on California. Message re hospital divestment.
20 Apr 2018 |
The MN Climate & Health Program, in partnership with the MN Environmental Public Health Tracking Program and tpt MN, produced the film: Health and Climate, which highlights some of the climate changes Minnesota has been experiencing and the subsequent public health impacts.
20 Apr 2018 |
Climate change threatens human health and well-being: We can act now to prevent disease and death