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Taxonomy Archive: Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
20 Apr 2018 |
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Why sustainable population growth is a key to climate change and public health equity
Australia’s population could reach 42 million by 2050. This rapid population growth, if unabated, will have significant social, public health and environmental implications. On the one hand, it is a major driver of climate change and environmental degradation; on the other it is likely to be a major contributor to growing ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate: Projections for 12 U.S. Cities
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health consequences of climate change interventions
This year’s Climate Summit in Paris will consider two kinds of interventions: those to reduce the causes of global warming and those to help the world adapt to the effects. Summit participants are now negotiating who will contribute how much to the control of rising temperatures on the earth’s surface and protection of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Life cycle air quality impacts of conventional and alternative light-duty transportation in the United States
Commonly considered strategies for reducing the environmental impact of light-duty transportation include using alternative fuels and improving vehicle fuel economy. We evaluate the air quality-related human health impacts of 10 such options, including the use of liquid biofuels, diesel, and compressed natural gas (CNG) in internal ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best Practice” Insights From Psychological Science
Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement with climate change currently remains low in the United States. Mounting evidence from across the behavioral sciences has found that most people regard climate change as a nonurgent and psychologically distant risk—spatially, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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What We Breathe Impacts Our Health: Improving Understanding of the Link between Air Pollution and Health
Air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of millions of people each year around the world, and air quality problems are growing in many developing nations. While past policy efforts have succeeded in reducing particulate matter and trace gases in North America and Europe, adverse health effects are found at even these lower ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians
Climate change could have a devastating effect on human and environmental health. Potential effects of climate change on human health include higher rates of respiratory and heat-related illness, increased prevalence of vector-borne and waterborne diseases, food and water insecurity, and malnutrition. Persons who are elderly, sick, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Declaration on Climate Change and Health
As leading public health, disease advocacy and medical organizations, the American Lung Association reiterates their longstanding commitment to addressing climate change as a public health issue. This statement articulates their consensus on the health impacts of climate change and the need for action to protect public health.
20 Apr 2018 |
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House of Delegates Resolution: Global Climate Change
RESOLVED, that the American Nurses Association recognizes and publicly acknowledges that the challenges we face as a result of global climate change are unprecedented in human history and it is critical that nurses speak out in a united voice and advocate for change on both individual and policy levels; and be it furtherRESOLVED, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Coal’s Public Health and Safety Impacts
Representatives of the Alameda County Public Health Department drafted this letter to express concerns about and recommendations for preventing the potential negative health and safety impacts of the proposed coal export project at the former Oakland Army Base.