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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Environmental Challenges and Vulnerable Communities: Assessing Legacies of the Past, Building Opportunities for the Future
This report draws from the previously described social vulnerability models and other resources to examine the effects of extreme weather events and climate-related challenges among vulnerable populations and highlighting opportunities for future focus. The intent of this research is to provide an inventory of available baseline data ...
20 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.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health- Understanding the Risk: An Assessment of San Francisco’s Vulnerability to Extreme Heat Events
This report provides an overview of the San Francisco Department of Health’s approach to identifying and planning for vulnerability to extreme heat events and associated air quality issues, including the developmnt of a Heat Vulnerability Index
20 Apr 2018 |
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Californians in their Government
The PPIC Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. Inaugurated in April 1998, this is the 124th PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that has generated a database of responses from more ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preparing California for Extreme Heat: Guidance and Recommendations
The Climate Action Team’s Public Health Workgroup convened a subcommittee, the Heat Adaptation Workgroup, to develop this document. The Heat Adaption Workgroup was co-chaired by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and includes staff from multiple State ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project
On April 22, 2015, the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization on behalf of the Colorado Climate Network released the report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project, jointly convened by CCN and the Colorado Municipal League (CML) to develop an agenda to help make Colorado communities more resilient to possible climate change impacts, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report on the Health and/or Safety Impacts Associated with the Transport, Storange, and Handling of Coal and/or Coke in Oakland, Including at the Proposed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal in the West Gateway Area of the former Oakland Army Base
The purpose of this review is to assist the City in evaluating information in its public record regarding (1) health, safety and/or general welfare evidence that the City Council might consider generally applicable to legislation regulating or banning certain activities regarding coal and coke, e.g., the handling, and storage, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report of an Assessment of Community Perspectives About the Protection of Vulnerable Populatiosn During a Heat Emergency in San Francisco
Interviewed various community stakeholders about how to outreach and protect populations without many resources during a heat emergency in San Francisco.Can serve as an example on how to outreach to people who work with vulnerable populations, suggests ideas for how to protect. them.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Op-Ed: Treating Climate Change in Los Angeles
In 2009, The Lancet Commission stated that “climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century.” On June 23, 2015, this international group of health, climate, and economic experts released a new report in the medical journal, The Lancet, confirming the adverse consequences that climate change will have on ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Impacts Health Infographic
Infographic from the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability on the impact of climate change on health.