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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 ...

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Apr 2018

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Our Health At Risk

The Environment Montana Research and Policy Center has released a city-by-city report on air pollution in Montana. “Our message today is clear,” Borden began. “Even one day with unhealthy air is too many. We think burning dirty fuels like coal, oil and gas threatens our health, and it’s time to switch to 100 percent clean, ...

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Apr 2018

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Ask Your Doctor if the Paris Climate Agreement Is Right for You

Op-Ed: At its core, the climate crisis is a public health crisis. Although physicians have been somewhat late to the game, they are now getting on board in a big way. Article summarizes some of the recent developments in health professionals and organizations acting on climate.

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Apr 2018

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Second Global Conference on Health & Climate: “Building Healthier Societies Through Implementation of the Paris Agreement” Conference Conclusions and Action Agenda

This document includes conclusions and an action agenda resulting from the conference. The conference responded to the commitments of Parties to the UNFCCC to protect and promote health, and their requests through the World Health Assembly and WHO Executive Board, to renew and reinforce the engagement of the health community to ...

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