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20 Apr 2018 |
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Study Quantifies Climate-Change-Related Deaths
A study in Environmental Research Letters suggests a fifth of premature deaths during a 2003 heatwave in Europe are linked to human-caused climate change. “We are now able to put a number on the deaths caused by climate change in a heat wave,” said lead author Daniel Mitchell of the University of Oxford. “This has […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is making farm work more dangerous than it already is
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the U.S., claiming between 600 and 1,500 lives each summer. The danger is particularly acute in California’s agricultural inland regions like the Coachella Valley and Central Valley, where climate change and drought are producing heat waves that are increasingly severe.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Clean Power Plan Saves Nearly $40 Billion On Health, Too
Air quality improvements associated with policies such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan go a long way toward mitigating climate change—but do you know that they also directly lower human healthcare costs? About 17,000 people die every year as a result of generating electric power. Many more suffer ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Feed yourself more healthfully and protect the planet at the same time
The Maine chapter of the nonprofit Physicians for Social Responsibility is joining other health care professionals around the world in focusing its attention on the public health risks of climate change. Rather than talk about the spread of mosquito-borne viruses or the impact of giant hurricanes, the group is using food as a way to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat stress to wipe billions off GDP in India, China
The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published today. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate – Health – Opening by André Vallini of the 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate (Paris, July 7, 2016)
On July 7, André Vallini, Minister of State for Development and Francophonie, opened the 2nd Global Conference on Health and Climate, organized by France and the World Health Organization. He delivered a speech, notably in the presence of Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs, Hakima El Haite, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Climate-Change Solution No One Will Talk About
Studies have shown that improved access to birth control can be a valuable tool in slowing global warming, but many politicians are afraid to broach the subject.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Greening the City for Health
Parks, trees, and green spaces boost human health and well-being in ways that support urban revitalization and quality of life for all.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Let’s limit carbon emissions
On June 23, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, told health leaders gathered at the White House Summit on Climate Change and Health that climate change poses a “serious, immediate and global threat to human health,” urging that it is “well past time” to take action. Recent evidence makes it clear that […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Address causes of climate change to help alleviate effects on children
The American Academy of Pediatrics presents a discussion of the health impacts of climate change on children in particular. Children are an identified vulnerable population during times of extreme weather events, including heat and storms. The AAP advocates for a concerted effort and strategy to address the causes of climate change ...