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Taxonomy Archive: international
20 Apr 2018 |
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The social dimensions of climate change: discussion draft
This paper addresses the social dimensions of climate change from a sustainable, equitable development perspective, understood as “an irreducible holistic concept where economic, social and environmental issues are interdependent dimensions that must be approached within a unified framework”, and where the overarching outcome is ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Oil: A life cycle analysis of its health and environmental impacts
This report presents a brief discussion of the technical aspects of exploration, drilling, and extraction. It then addresses the physical disruption, chemical pollution and biological harm to surrounding communities, including the human health consequences from fires, blowouts, and spills. Finally case studies will be presented ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Urban Heat Island Effect in Windsor, ON: An Assessment of Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies
This report discusses the urban heat island effect, its causes and impacts, vulnerable populations, adaptation and mitigation measures, as well as maps the urban heat island effect and vulnerability in windsor, ON.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is affecting our health: Something should be done now
This brochure presents six paintings, produced by the Italian painter Elisabetta Farina and commissioned by WHO are linked to a broader initiative named Art for Health aimed at using art work to support awareness-raising about the health consequences of climate change. It underlines the global impact making use of images of women ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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African lessons on climate change risks for agriculture
Climate change impact assessments on agriculture are subject to large uncertainties, as demonstrated in the present review of recent studies for Africa. There are multiple reasons for differences in projections, including uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions and patterns of climate change; assumptions on future management, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting to extreme heat events, guidelines for assessing health vulnerability
”A major component of public health efforts to protect people from extreme heat events centres on assessments of individual and community level vulnerability. Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment methodology that has been developed by ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Communicating the health risks of extreme heat events toolkit for public health and emergency management officials
This Toolkit is intended for use by public health and emergency management officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication strategies. It is designed to gide the development of targeted heat-health communication campaigns and necessary outreach products for specific audiences.To this end the Toolkit provides: 1.) ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Improving Thermal Comfort in Windsor, ON; Assessing Urban Parks and Playgrounds
City parks offer Windsor residents an area where they can enjoy the outdoors and maintain their physical activity. Urban parks are known to have lower temperatures compared to their surrounding environment, mainly due to the presence of vegetation. Despite this, parks are still affected by high temperatures caused by the urban heat ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A review on black carbon emissions, worldwide and in China
Black carbon (BC) produced from open burning (OB) and controlled combustion (CC) is a range of carbonaceous products of incomplete combustion of biomass and fossil fuel, and is deemed as one of the major contributors to impact global environment and human health. BC has a strong relationship with POPs, in waste combustion, BC ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Water: Impacts to Human Health and Consumption
Climate change can exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in terms of water resources and the ability of infrastructure to cope with shocks (caused by increased variability of weather events). However, how such shocks translate into impacts on health and well-being is rather complex. One of the aims of this paper is to examine the ...