US Climate and Health Alliance

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Apr 2018

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Diet and Climate Change: Cooking up a Storm

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.

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Apr 2018

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Climate Equity

Climate One presents a podcast in which three speakers discuss vulnerable populations, specifically communitites of color, and the impacts of climate change.

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Apr 2018

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The Lancet Climate Commission

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 ...

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Apr 2018

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National Climate Assessment: Health chapter

“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 ...

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Apr 2018

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The President Speaks on the Impacts of Climate Change on Public Health

President Obama delivered remarks at Howard University on the impact of climate change on our public health. April 7, 2015.

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Apr 2018

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In their own words: fossil fuels harm health

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.

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Apr 2018

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Health and Climate Film

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.

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Apr 2018

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Climate and Health Infographic

Climate change threatens human health and well-being: We can act now to prevent disease and death

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Apr 2018

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Global warming’s health impacts hit northern Arizona

In an auditorium inside Flagstaff Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, Claire Herrick stood in front of a small group of doctors and nurses, clicking through slides showing disease incidences, mortality rates and temperature changes. As her audience lunched on Chinese food, Herrick presented a grim outlook of the health impacts of ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate – Health – Opening by André Vallini of the 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate (Paris, July 7, 2016)

On July 7, André Vallini, Minister of State for Development and Francophonie, opened the 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate, organized by France and the World Health Organization. He delivered a speech, notably in the presence of Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs, Hakima El Haite, ...

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