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20 Apr 2018 |
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How to Deliver the Most Important Public Health Treaty of the Century
According to the recently published 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, the effects of global warming are set to undermine much of the global public health gains from the past century.1 But the message of the Lancet Commission is also hopeful, highlighting the leadership role that health professionals can play in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate: Projections for 12 U.S. Cities
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Declaration on Climate Change and Health
As leading public health, disease advocacy and medical organizations, the American Lung Association reiterates their longstanding commitment to addressing climate change as a public health issue. This statement articulates their consensus on the health impacts of climate change and the need for action to protect public health.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Adaptation Plan – City and County of Denver
In 2007, Denver unveiled its Climate Action Plan and set a greenhouse gas reduction goal to reduce emissions by 10 percent per capita below 1990 levels. Denver is on track to meet this goal and continues to be proactive in reducing city-wide per capita emissions. However, the planet is warming and the resulting effects have […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Care & Climate Change: An Opportunity for Transformative Leadership
The reversal of climate change will pivot around fundamental realignments in the ways that energy is created and consumed. The report provides detailed guidelines and case studies to help hospital leaders and facilities’ staff develop comprehensive strategies to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels through the use of “clean ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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City Resilience Toolkit: Response to Deadly Heat Waves and Preparing for Rising Temperatures
Climate change poses signifi cant challenges to cities. As urban populations continue to grow, the need for cities and their residents to adapt to climate change and its impacts becomes increasingly urgent. Extreme heat is one of the health threats already challenging cities in India and around the world.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health in the Face of Climate Change: Science, Medicine, and Adaptation
There is significant scientific evidence indicating that the global climate is changing, largely due to human activities. Such climatic fluctuations may adversely impact human health and well-being in a variety of ways, including through exposure to extreme weather events; disruption of ecosystems, agriculture, and food production; ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Natural and unnatural synergies: climate change policy and health equity
Climate change and health inequities represent two of the greatest challenges to human development in the 21st century. As the Copenhagen summit on climate change planned for December 2009 approaches, there are opportunities to use the political momentum of climate change to promote health equity. The broad-ranging policies required ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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What now, after the Supreme Court stay? Moving forward with the Clean Power Plan
As you probably know, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) faces a serious legal challenge. Twenty-nine state attorneys general and state agencies sued the EPA in 2015, claiming that EPA exceeded its authority in drafting some aspects of the CPP. The Supreme Court in February 2016 issued a “stay,” or a temporary suspension, of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fossil fuels are the new tobacco when it comes to health risk
As future doctors we call on the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to remove their investments from fossil fuel companies. We share a responsibility to our future patients to address unmitigated climate change – described as “the biggest health threat of the 21st century” – and to advocate for a ...