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Minnesota Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment 2014
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted a climate change vulnerability assessment to assess population vulnerabiliies by county based on retrospective data for estreme heat events, air pollution, vector-borne diseases, flooding, and drought. Includes a literature review of vulnerable populations and methodologies for conducting ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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City Resilience Framework
The City Resilience Framework is a unique framework developed by Arup with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, based on extensive research in cities. It provides a lens to understand the complexity of cities and the drivers that contribute to their resilience. Looking at these drivers can help cities to assess the extent of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme Weather and Climate Readiness: Toolkit for State and Territorial Health Departments
Recognizing that the changing climate is a significant threat to the health of our communities, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has created this toolkit to help state and territorial health agencies enhance their climate readiness, program by program. The toolkit offers practical steps for ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Equity and Community Engagement Report
This Bay Area Regional Summary report combines the data from all Local Health Jurisdiction reports and describes perspectives of both Local Health Departments and community agency staff on key themes that emerged in discussions from the focus groups conducted. The data results presented show local priorities in health inequities and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Addressing Inequities at the Intersection of Health and Climate Change: Workshop Summary Report
The purpose of this workshop was to explore how we can find common ground between the research and policy agendas of climate change and health in order to decrease greenhouse gases while improving health outcomes for those populations that are most at risk. Specifically, this workshop aimed to achieve the following objectives: 1) ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Policy Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities
Health inequalities are understood to be unfair and systematic differences in health among and between social groups – differences which need to be addressed through action. These result from social and political circumstances and are therefore potentially avoidable. To address these inequalities, the relationships between the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project
On April 22, 2015, the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization on behalf of the Colorado Climate Network released the report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project, jointly convened by CCN and the Colorado Municipal League (CML) to develop an agenda to help make Colorado communities more resilient to possible climate change impacts, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report on the Health and/or Safety Impacts Associated with the Transport, Storange, and Handling of Coal and/or Coke in Oakland, Including at the Proposed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal in the West Gateway Area of the former Oakland Army Base
The purpose of this review is to assist the City in evaluating information in its public record regarding (1) health, safety and/or general welfare evidence that the City Council might consider generally applicable to legislation regulating or banning certain activities regarding coal and coke, e.g., the handling, and storage, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Regional Climate Action Plan, Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Minimizing the Health Effects of Climate Change in the South Florida Region
The RCAP HIA comprehensively assessed the 110 climate change adaptation and mitigation policy recommendations put forth in the SEFRCCC RCAP to determine the health effects of climate change, specifically sea level rise (SLR) and heat waves. The HIA has the potential to describe the magnitude and distribution of climate change related ...
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Scientific Evidence of Health Effects from Coal Use in Energy Generation
Access to electricity has a positive effect on the health and well-being of people worldwide. However, the use of coal to generate energy has negative health consequences. There is evidence of coal’s impact on human health during every stage of its use for electricity generation—from mining to postcombustion disposal. In ...