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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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Climate change: could it help develop ‘adaptive expertise’?

Preparing health practitioners to respond to the rising burden of disease from climate change is emerging as a priority in health workforce policy and planning. However, this issue is hardly represented in the medical education research. The rapidly evolving wide range of direct and indirect consequences of climate change will ...

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Apr 2018

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The urgent need for universities to comprehensively address global climate change across disciplines and programs

I review the status of scientific, political, and moral problems of global climate change (GCC) and, based on lessons from environmental and sustainability programs in universities, demonstrate that universities have had a lethargic response to urgent needs to mitigate the problems. I explore reasons for the response, and conclude ...

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Apr 2018

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Patient Facts: Climate Change and Your Health

There is clear proof that the world’s climate is changing. These changes will affect the usual, expected weather patterns. They are caused by human activities, like operating factories, driving vehicles, and pollution. Climate change could have a serious effect on the health of the public.

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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 ...

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Apr 2018

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Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family

Developed over three years by approximately one hundred experts in climate-change science and public health – including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Access

Climate Access is a international practitioner network/learning community that offers a variety of hands-on resources for those doing climate education and communications.

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Apr 2018

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Climate Nexus

Climate Nexus is a strategic communications organization dedicated to changing the conversation on climate and clean energy solutions in the United States with a variety of resources and media services that connect to climate change and health.

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Apr 2018

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Climate Change Makes Me Sick!

”Climate Change Makes Me Sick” is PSR’s Spring 2016 campaign highlighting the many ways that climate change harms our health. The campaign features a series of e-postcards, each displaying a different health impact. Below, you will also find more detailed information, resources, and opportunities to take ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Change Makes Me Sick!: Allergies

”Climate Change Makes Me Sick” is PSR’s Spring 2016 campaign highlighting the many ways that climate change harms our health. The campaign features a series of e-postcards, each displaying a different health impact. Below, you will also find more detailed information, resources, and opportunities to take ...

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