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On Monday, January 14th over 30 health organizations sent Governor Newsom and other key legislative members the California Call for Action on Climate, Health, and Equity. The Call outlines critical priorities to advance climate action for health and health action for climate in California.

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“We Are Still In” – that is the message that US states (along with cities, businesses, universities, and other organizations) delivered at the international climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany. The US Climate and Health Alliance was also there to share our work to mobilize health professionals to engage in state climate policy conversations and follow climate and health developments at the meeting.

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Good health depends on a healthy environment—clean air, clean water, abundant nature, and a healthy food system. While this seems straightforward, we – as health, development, or environment professionals– still largely fail to connect human and environmental health in our work on sustainable solutions. A positive feedback loop between public health disciplines and environmental science disciplines can build more sustainable health in our communities if we do more together.

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Eighteen national health and medical organizations including the Center for Climate Change and Health issued a statement on the Trump Administration’s proposal to revoke the Clean Power Plan:  “Today’s proposal to revoke the Clean Power Plan is inconsistent with EPA’s core mission of protecting public health and the environment.”

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In this guest blog, Dr. Carl Baum discusses resources available through the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) that health professionals can use to prepare and protect their patients and clients following extreme weather events.

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Here’s what we know: climate change can make hurricanes worse. We care about the connections to climate change because we care about health. Climate change intensifies extreme storms which threaten health directly and indirectly. It is our time as health professionals to speak up and demand responsible, safe climate policies. The reality of Hurricane Harvey pushes us to continue this work for effective climate change policy. The health and livelihood of communities including those in Harvey’s path depend on it.

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Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities such as chronic health issues, lack of access to emergency resources, and more. Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) recognized that practitioners and decision makers need a home for resources focused on making equitable adaption a priority instead of an afterthought—so with the help of partners they created the new Adaptation Equity Portal.

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Minneapolis is currently ranked as the second US city likely to be most significantly impacted by climate change due to the drastic increase in precipitation and extreme storms during certain months and severe drought during others. In 2013, Minneapolis released a robust Climate Action Plan, which outlines strategies to reach their goals including energy efficiency and renewables, increase of bike lanes and active transport, increase recycling and composting, while ensuring sustainable and equitable growth. Minneapolis has been very proactive in reaching these goals and creating a more resilient and equitable city.

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The devastating cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services proposed in President Trump’s budget have rightly gotten a lot of attention.  But there’s another piece of his destructive budget that also threatens the health of our communities and the climate: cuts to public transit and active transportation.

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