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20 Apr 2018 |
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Epidemiologist: Climate Change Is A Health Crisis
Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem. If you ask Michael McGeehin, climate change is a health crisis. McGeehin is an epidemiologist who spent more than 30 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He developed the CDC’s Climate Change Program. McGeehin was recently in Miami for an international ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme events as sources of health vulnerability: Drought as an example
The health risks of climate change arise from the interactions of the hazards associated with a changing climate (e.g. increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events, such as drought), the communities exposed to those hazards, the susceptibility of communities to adverse health impacts when exposed, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: Health Educators Climate Commitment
Obama Administration Announces 48 Additional Public Health, Medical, and Nursing Schools from 15 Countries Commit to Train Their Students to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Increasing the Total Number of Schools Committing to 118 Around the World.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family
Developed over three years by approximately one hundred experts in climate-change science and public health – including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans
Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans report delivers the results from research that rigorously tested words, phrases, and narratives that link climate change to mainstream Americans’ values. The findings include personally-relevant messages that give leaders and advocates across the country a powerful ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate: Frequently Asked Questions
Brochure of frequently asked questions on SAP 4.6. Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impact of Climate Change on Alaska Native Communities
Alaska Natives have always expected fluctuations from year-to-year in weather, hunting conditions, ice patterns and animal populations, but since 1970’s they have noticed many indications of major climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Impact Assessment of Coal and Clean Energy Options in Kentucky
If we Kentuckians value our health, and if Kentucky legislators are concerned with improving public health, it is imperative that community and state leaders examine the role of energy policy in determining health outcomes. Governments and institutions are increasingly using Health Impact Assessments (HIA) as tools to help make ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fossil fuels don’t just change the climate, they impact our children’s health
As you likely know, the pollution that comes out of tailpipes and smokestacks contributes to climate change, which increases the probability of extreme flooding, intense storms, and heat waves. Dr. Perera’s article points to such a heat wave in California in 2006, where 2,500 children were admitted to emergency rooms. And, as a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health in the green economy: Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: Housing sector
Evaluation of the health impacts of climate mitigation strategies is critical to informed decisions that will attain the greatest combined gain for health, well-being and sustainable development. This report considers the scientific evidence regarding possible health gains and, where relevant, health risks of climate change ...