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Taxonomy Archive: climate science
20 Apr 2018 |
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How well does climate change and human health research match the demands of policymakers? A scoping review
BACKGROUND: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States passed a World Health Assembly resolution that identified the following five priority areas for research and pilot projects on climate change and human health: health vulnerability, health protection, health impacts of mitigation and adaptation policies, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival
Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and survival via weather extremes and climatic impacts on food yields, fresh water, infectious diseases, conflict, and displacement. Paradoxically, these risks to health are neither widely nor fully recognized. Historical experiences of diverse societies experiencing climatic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health risks, present and future, from global climate change
There is now no serious scientific debate: human actions are changing the world’s climate, and are set to do so at an increasing rate in coming decades. Urgent action is now required to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (the dominant long acting greenhouse gas), if global temperature rises are not to exceed 2°C—the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Florida Institute for Health Innovation
The Florida Institute for Health Innovation (FIHI) believes that today’s health challenges require a new way of working based on shared leadership; aligning root causes and strategy and measurable results. FIHI believes that innovative collaborations produce innovative solutions for healthier communities. A nonprofit public health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The EPA is Already Great
This is not the time to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s scope or throttle back its efforts. Americans should empower the agency to do more on behalf of our families and our standard of living. The agency’s successes are worthy of celebration; the cost of retreat is staggering. Did you know we could save an ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Deadly Impact of Airborne Particles
The link between air pollution and death was established in a series of disasters around the world. About 15% of all deaths in the world are from ischemic heart disease; that’s when your heart literally suffocates. As the levels of air pollution increase, the percent of deaths from heart disease rises sharply – even at […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Removals of Climate Change Mentions and Links from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Website
This report summarizes the removal of mentions of climate change on public sites by The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). NEIHS has altered climate change language, updated climate change references, and reduced access to a Web resource with information on climate change and human health across several ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change ‘makes violence likelier’
Scientists say there is a direct link between changing climate and an increase in violence, reinforcing a key finding of the latest IPCC report. Summary of report findings.