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20 Apr 2018 |
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Developing Climate Change Environmental Public Health Indicators: Guidance for Local Health Departments
This guidance document outlines a three-tiered approach to establishing a local climate change environmental public health tracking program- placing emphasis on opportunities to partner with external resources at the local, state, and federal levels. Tier 1 is establishing indicators, Tier 2 is conducting vulnerability assessments, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Environmental Health Indicators for Climate Change
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, CSTE, presents a synthesis of the latest research of environmental health indicators of climate change, and recommendations for future development of these measures. Includes measures developed by the WHO, EPA, etc.Also discusses readiness of environmental and health indicators ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme Weather and Climate Readiness: A toolkit for State and Territorial Health Departments
The toolkit outlines a comprehensive approach to integrating climate readiness into all policies and programs. It is divided into seven thematic content areas, all of which are likely to address elements of multiple departments, and, possibly, programs in multiple agencies. Key program areas – such as chronic disease and health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Food security and climate change: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts of Food Security and Nutrition
We have interpreted this charge to develop a document for national and international policymakers, the private sector and civil society that reports on the following: – The current and future challenges to food security from the physical effects of climate change – changes in temperature and precipitation means and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Reaching Resilience: Handbook Resilience 2.0 for aid practitioners and policy makers in Disaster Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, and Poverty Reduction
This report seeks to provide aid practitioners, policy makers and disaster risk reduction (DRR)/climate change adaptation (CCA) students with an understanding of the issues, key points, assessment and planning tools, and proposed action to engage with multiple stakeholders, integrate different processes and to deal with constraints ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Driving Change: Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled in California
Three specific strategies are to be employed to help reduce smissions: Hgiher-density deveopment, investments in alternatives to solo driving, and pricing policies that raise the cost of driving and parking. This report reviews the opportunities and challenges of each of these strategies and assesses California’s recent ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Driving California Forward: Public Health and Societal Economic Benefits of California’s AB 32 Transportation Fuel Policies – LCFS and Cap-and-Trade regulations
This analysis calculates the economic benefit of the LCFS and C&T by evaluating the societal benefits of full implementation in 2020 and 2025, which include 1) avoided public health costs and incidents of illness, 2) avoided fossil fuel dependence costs, and 3) avoided climate change-related costs (see Figure E-1 below for the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People
Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People is a new report analyzing sulfur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions in conjunction with demographic factors –race, income, and population density – to rank the environmental justice performance of the nation’s 378 coal fired power plants.This report focuses on the role ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Coal Blooded Action Toolkit
Welcome to the Coal Blooded Action Toolkit! Your community now has the necessary framework and tools to build a foundation for eliminating pollution from coal, one of the most important steps we can take, in our march to advance Environmental and Climate Justice. Whether you are a leader, partner or participant in a coal campaign, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health.
The indoor environment affects occupants’ health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect ...