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Taxonomy Archive: Climate adaptation/resilience
20 Apr 2018 |
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Why Do Pediatricians Care About Climate Change?
Pediatrician Samantha Ahdoot discusses the numerous health impacts on children associated with climate change. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to their growing minds and bodies, necessitating pediatrician awareness and action.
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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Schools, climate change and health promotion: a vital alliance
Through an ongoing project, we have been reviewing the literature addressing school planning for climate change related ecological disruptions and disasters, particularly for the special needs of children with disabilities. We have also examined related state education department policies from across Australia. Our preliminary ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science
Public health authorities are required to prepare for future threats and need predictions of the likely impact of climate change on public health risks. They may get overwhelmed by the volume of heterogeneous information in scientific articles and risk relying purely on the public opinion articles which focus mainly on global warming ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The potential role of Health Impact Assessment in tackling the complexity of climate change adaptation for health
Managing an issue of the magnitude, scope and complexity of climate change is a daunting prospect, yet one which nations around the world must face. Climate change is an issue without boundaries—impacts will cut across administrative and geographical borders and be felt by every sector of society. Responses to climate change ...
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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Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis: Handbook
This Handbook, which presents a new participatory methodology for Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis, is very timely. Its focus on the community level is sharp and salutary. It stresses that communities are not homogeneous. It underlines the need to pay special attention to those, especially women and the marginalised, who ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Dose of Nature: Addressing chronic health conditions by using the environment
Evidence for the effectiveness of Green Prescriptions – doses of nature tailored to patients’ needs – comes from many disciplines, but this brief summary concentrates on the medical and public health literature. The research demonstrates numerous correlations between different indices of health and wellbeing and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Addressing Social Vulnerability and Equity in Climate Change Adaptation Planning
As planning for sea level rise and extreme storm events moves forward, so too should state objectives for achieving environmental justice and equity for all Californians. The purpose of this white paper is to highlight the links between equity and planning for sea level rise and storm events and is designed to inform the Adapting ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Advancing the Framework for Considering the Effects of Climate Change on Worker Safety and Health
In 2009, a preliminary framework for how climate change could affect worker safety and health was described. That framework was based on a literature search from 1988-2008 that supported seven categories of climate-related occupational hazards: (1) increased ambient temperature; (2) air pollution; (3) ultraviolet exposure; (4) ...