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20 Apr 2018 |
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Are We Ready: Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change
Local health departments play a vital role in helping communities prepare for and address the health effects of climate change. In 2012, NACCHO and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication assessed local health department directors’ perceptions of the impacts of climate change within their ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Breathing Life into Paris Agreement: Health Can Drive Action
“The world will not end poverty or hunger, or meet the health targets, without addressing climate change. And it will not solve the climate problem without addressing energy, and air pollution,” said UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley at the Second Global Conference on Health and Climate. The Conference was held ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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City and County of Denver – Climate Action Plan 2015
As global concern grows over the role human activity plays in accelerating climate change, opportunity exists to implement changes to minimize the most severe and potentially irreversible impacts on our planet. To help address this critical issue, Denver is releasing an updated Climate Action Plan (CAP) with new strategies to meet ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preparing for Climate Change in California – A Public Health Approach CalBRACE: California Building Resilience against Climate Effects
The goals of the CalBRACE project are to enhance the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) capability to plan for and reduce health risks associated with climate change. The program provides resources and technical assistance for the state and local public health departments to build climate adaptation capacity and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Northern Manhattan Climate Action Plan
Over the past several years, climate change has begun to exact a disproportionate toll on the poor and working class people of New York City. During Hurricane Sandy, we saw that marginalized communities lost their homes, jobs, financial security and more at a higher rate than others. Yet, to this day, the political and economic […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA: IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLANS Public Health Sector Plan
California released its first comprehensive plan for adapting to climate change in 2009, and updated that strategy with the 2014 report Safeguarding California: Reducing Climate Risk. Since 2009, California has experienced several of the most extreme natural events in its recorded history: severe drought, an almost non-existent ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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CalBRACE – 2017 Climate Change And Health Profile Reports
This page provides links to Climate Change and Health Profile Reports to assist counties in California to prepare for the health impacts related to climate change through adaptation planning. The following reports (PDFs) present the most likely county and regional climate impacts, the climate-related health risks, and local ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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US cities taking the lead on combating climate change: Residents, officials coming together
Significant efforts to curb climate change in the U.S. may not be forthcoming at the federal level, if recent attacks on environmental science are any indication. But cities nationwide are stepping up to the challenge, combating climate change through concerted initiatives between residents and local governments. Members of USCHA ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Unmasking Our Cities From Air Pollution Will Require Local, State, and Federal Climate Solutions
The Unmask My City campaign launched on May 2nd—World Asthma Day—in ten cities around the world. A partnership of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, the US Climate and Health Alliance, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and many others, the campaign uses LED-equipped face masks that allow people to see whether the air ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health Adaptation Plan 2017: Public Health Guidance for the State of Arizona
This document, released in April 2017, is the first version of Arizona’s Climate and Health Adaptation Plan (ACHAP). The goal of ACHAP is to support the mission of the ADHS: to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. In coordinating ACHAP, ADHS intends to support the ...