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Taxonomy Archive: Climate adaptation/resilience
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Achieving a Climate for Health: Philanthropy to Promote Health and Justice through the Challenges of Climate Change
Written for philanthropists, this report is designed to introduce grantmakers to issues and opportunities that lie at the intersection of climate change and health. A brief review of climate change basics and the impacts of climate change on health, as well as a review of the landscap of philanthropic opportunities.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Are we ready? Preparing for the public health challenges of climate change.
A report on the results of a survey of a representative sample of local health departments from around the county, about their perception of climate-related health risks and the status and adequacy of their departments’ programmtic activities in response to these risks.This report points to critical gaps in resources, programs, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and California’s local public health agencies
This paper presents the results from a survey of local Health Officers. The intent of the survey was to learn more about perceptions of the public health threat from, and preparation for, climate change among California’s local public health agencies. The survey found that local public health officials believe that climate change ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat & Health: A Workshop for Community Leaders – A Facilitator’s Guide.
This facilitator guide and the accompanying workshop materials, including a scripted and adaptable powerpoint presentation, are intended to help local government agencies or non-profit organizations train community leaders in efforts to reduce vulnerability to expected changes in warning climates.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and the Public’s Health: The Coming Crisis for the U.S. Gulf Coast
This paper reviews the scientific consensus as to how climate change will affect human health on a global scale and describes the limited, emerging research findings concerning climate change health impacts along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Through myriad pathways, climate change is likely to make the Gulf Coast less hospitable and more ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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An approach to developing local climate change environmental public health indicators, vulnerability assessments, and projections of future impacts
Environmental public health indicators (EPHIs) are used by local, state, and federal health agencies to track the status of environmental hazards; exposure to those hazards; health effects of exposure; and public health interventions designed to reduce or prevent the hazard, exposure, or resulting health effect. Climate and health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A review of national-level adaptation planning with regards to the risks posed by climate change on infectious diseases in 14 OECD nations
Climate change is likely to have significant implications for human health, particularly through alterations of the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of infectious diseases. In the context of these risks, governments in high income nations have begun developing strategies to reduce potential climate change impacts and increase ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Civil society organizations and adaptation to the health effects of climate change in Canada
BACKGROUND: Adaptation will be necessary to cope with the impacts of climate change on the health of Canadians. Civil society organizations (CSOs) have an important role in health adaptation, but it is unknown what actions they are undertaking. OBJECTIVES: To identify and examine what adaptations are being developed by CSOs to adapt ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change adaptation at the intersection of food and health
Nutritious, safe, affordable, and enjoyable food is a fundamental prerequisite for health. As a nation, Australia is currently classified as food secure with the domestic production exceeding domestic consumption of most major food groups. The domestic system is almost self-sufficient in terms of nutritious plant foods, although ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change adaptation: where does global health fit in the agenda?
Human-induced climate change will affect the lives of most populations in the next decade and beyond. It will have greatest, and generally earliest, impact on the poorest and most disadvantaged populations on the planet. Changes in climatic conditions and increases in weather variability affect human wellbeing, safety, health and ...