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Apr 2018

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Heat & Health: A Workshop for Community Leaders – A Facilitator’s Guide.

This facilitator guide and the accompanying workshop materials, including a scripted and adaptable powerpoint presentation, are intended to help local government agencies or non-profit organizations train community leaders in efforts to reduce vulnerability to expected changes in warning climates.

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Apr 2018

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Status and Progress in Engaging Communities of Color to Advance Resilience to Climate Change: Experiences of 15 U.S. Cities

Focused on 15 major U.S. cities representing a range of geographic, population, and climate-related dynamics, this study coalesced leading research and local policies, programs, and perspectives on integrating communities of color in climate change planning and adaptation especially to build community resilience. As such, the goal of ...

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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, ...

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Apr 2018

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Rights, knowledge, and governance for improved health equity in urban settings

All three of the interacting aspects of daily urban life (physical environment, social conditions, and the added pressure of climate change) that affect health inequities are nested within the concept of urban governance, which has the task of understanding and managing the interactions among these different factors so that all three ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis: Handbook

This Handbook, which presents a new participatory methodology for Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis, is very timely. Its focus on the community level is sharp and salutary. It stresses that communities are not homogeneous. It underlines the need to pay special attention to those, especially women and the marginalised, who ...

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Apr 2018

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Health Equity and Inclusion Program Strategies

A tool to identify opportunities to support/enhance equity, diversity and inclusion, and reduce disparate impact in programs and services.

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Apr 2018

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Story Projects and Listening Projects: Methods for Engaging Diverse Communities

A collection of storytelling strategies and projects, with most examples relating to climate and health.

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Apr 2018

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Climate Change, Justice, and Adaptation among African American Communities in the Chesapeake Bay Region

In this paper, the authors present results from a study of climate change and community adaptation, focusing on two African American communities on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. These two communities are representative of small, resource-poor communities that are particularly prone to increased flooding, storms, and ...

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Apr 2018

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Heat & Health Scripted Presentation and Workshop Curriculum Facilitator Powerpoint Presentation

An adaptable presentation for the community on climate change and extreme, the consequences, and response.

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Apr 2018

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Addressing Climate Change: Ideas for Youth Commissions

This second briefing paper addresses climate change. Included you will find background information, ideas for specific actions that youth commissions or councils can take to address climate change and a number of online and other resources where staff and youth can learn more about the issue.

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