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20 Apr 2018 |
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Lessons on Climate Change and Poverty From the California Drought
This report explores the intersection of climate change and inequality in the context of the California drought, highlighting the unqiue and disproportionate challenges faced by California’s low-income and farming communities. Finally, the report offers recommendations for better addressing these disparities with urgency in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Keep children cool! Protect Your Child from Extreme Heat
The brochures are intended for two audiences: Officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication campaigns Individuals interested in health risks and actions to take to stay healthy during extreme heatThis brochure is specifically for caretakers of children.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future. Climate Change and Development
Stabilizing climate change entails reducing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. This report outlines three principles to guide countries in their efforts to create a zero-carbon future: (a) planning ahead with an eye on the end goal; (b) going beyond carbon pricing with a policy package that triggers changes in investment ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Clean Power Plan: The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits
In response to the many dangerous impacts of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first-ever limits on industrial carbon pollution in June 2014. Each year more than 2 billion tons of carbon pollution are spewed into the atmosphere by power plants—the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy
The NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy (Strategy) is part of a proactive approach to increase the production, delivery, and use of climate-related information in fulfilling NOAA Fisheries mandates. The Strategy identifies seven objectives which will provide decision-makers with the information they need to reduce impacts and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health & Green Infrastucture
Green infrastructure is the integration of nature and ecosystems in cities, towns, and regions to generate multiple benefits, such as clean air, better stormwater management, and public health. At the regional scale, it is a planned network of natural areas and open spaces, such as parks and nature preserves, river corridors, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Impact on Women’s Health of Climatic and Economic Disaster
Globally, women and children are at greater risk both during and after a disaster and more women than men die in disasters. Climatic disaster affects women disproportionately as the risk is multiplied by women’s economic vulnerability. More women than men inhabit risk-prone localities and inadequate housing, and through poverty, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Benefits of Urban Greening
This factsheet is provided on the resource page of Friends of the Urban Forest and reviews the economic and health benfits of urban greening and forestry, including increased property values, cleaner air, and decreased water pollution.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System
Food security—the ability to obtain and use sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food—is a fundamental human need. Achieving food security for all people everywhere is a widely agreed upon international objective, most recently codified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. This report describes the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public health in a changing climate
Climate change poses both a threat and an opportunity for public health. This report reviews current local strategies and actions to address climate change by public health departments and their partners. It explores barriers and opportunities for action, and identifies recommendations for local and national policy and practice.