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20 Apr 2018 |
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Nurses, climate change and health
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) concurs with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that climate change has emerged as a new threat to public health. ICN acknowledges climate change as an important issue for the nursing profession, particularly in light of the impact on people’s health and nursing’s shared ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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NCDs & Climate Change: Shared Opportunities for Action
Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are two of the defining challenges of the 21st century, each posing significant threats to health and sustainable development. Climate change is projected to have increasingly damaging effects on communities and economies over the coming decades, being set to cause several hundred ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Los Angeles Declaration on Climate Action
Climate change is a global challenge that calls for local action. The Path to Positive: Los Angeles campaign engages leaders from local government, faith, higher education, business, and health sectors on climate solutions.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change: bad for our health
In this blog post first published by the Guardian Sustainable Business on 23.04.13, Adam Corner argues that framing climate change as a public health risk may be a way of pushing climate change into the mainstream.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: Health Impacts and Opportunities
The most recent report from Working Group 2 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCCWG2), Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, describes in worrying detail, the current and future impacts of climate change; as well as the challenges we face in mitigating further climate change and adapting to its ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Science for Health Professionals
Medact has developed its second briefing explaining the health implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report describes in worrying detail the current and future impacts of climate change as well as the challenges we ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Communicating flood risks in a changing climate: 9 principles for promoting public engagement
This synthesis report is the outcome of the Oxford workshop, showcasing the latest and most relevant academic research, and drawing on valuable learning from a range of practical projects and initiatives. It reflects the key points of consensus from the workshop, representing a powerful statement from a diverse cross-section of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Conferences Connect the Climate-Health Dots
As the health impacts of climate change become more and more evident on a daily basis, several dozen leading researchers from public health and climate science gathered at the Health and Climate Colloquium 2016, June 8-10th. The three-day Colloquium, jointly organized by the Mailman School of Public Health and the International ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Confronting the Dual Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty: A Case Study of Cleveland
As the effects of climate change grow more frequent and severe across the country, it is becoming clear that climate change does not harm all Americans equally. Instead, it takes a particular toll on those who are already struggling with social or financial burdens. To confront this climate inequality, the city of Cleveland—which ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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RACP Climate Change and Health Position Statement
The medical profession has a duty of care to protect and promote the health of our patients and the community. Climate change presents a current and ongoing threat to human health globally. The medical profession has a responsibility to advocate for strong action to mitigate climate change and its consequences and to understand and ...