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20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat Waves, Floods and the Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Protogype Training Workshop for City Officials
After going through this manual, the learner should be able to: – Define key terms and concepts of climate change and human health – Describe the effects of climate change on human health – Identify the health impacts of climate extremes -Explain the link between climate change and infectious disease – ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public Health and Climate Change: A guide for Increasing the Capacity of Local Public Health Departments
This guidebook is designed to support efforts to initiate and integrate climate planning within cunty, regional, and tribal public health departments and agencies. It will provide you and your department with the knowledge and skills to build capacity to address climate impacts and/or develop a climate action plan for your ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Are We Ready? Report 2: Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change
This report contains three parts. Part I compares LHD directors’ perceptions regarding climate change to the perceptions of American adults generally. Part II compares the perceptions of LHD directors in 2012 to those of LHD directors surveyed in 2008. Part III presents survey data in relation to three variables: respondent belief ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme Weather and Climate Readiness: Toolkit for State and Territorial Health Departments
Recognizing that the changing climate is a significant threat to the health of our communities, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has created this toolkit to help state and territorial health agencies enhance their climate readiness, program by program. The toolkit offers practical steps for ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project
On April 22, 2015, the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization on behalf of the Colorado Climate Network released the report of the Colorado Local Resilience Project, jointly convened by CCN and the Colorado Municipal League (CML) to develop an agenda to help make Colorado communities more resilient to possible climate change impacts, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Care & Climate Change: An Opportunity for Transformative Leadership
The reversal of climate change will pivot around fundamental realignments in the ways that energy is created and consumed. The report provides detailed guidelines and case studies to help hospital leaders and facilities’ staff develop comprehensive strategies to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels through the use of “clean ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Health Impacts of Energy Choices: A Briefing Paper for the Health Community
Access to energy for cooking, heating, transport, and productive activities is essential to human health. Access to electricity is also critical to improving health service delivery, strengthening health systems, and achieving universal health coverage. As the World Health Organization (WHO) observes, “energy access in health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Training Manual: Climate and Health
IFMSA is proudly launching today a training manual, titled Climate and Health: Enabling Students and Young Professionals to Understand and Act Upon Climate Change Using a Health Narrative, developed in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the United Nations Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Doctors taking action on climate change
The scientific community has expressed in no uncertain terms that the Earth’s climate is rapidly approaching a threshold, beyond which there are likely to be major and irreversible changes. The BMA recognises the important role doctors have in tackling climate change and promoting the public health benefits of low carbon ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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An Eye Toward Public Health Adaptation Strategy
The 5th in CDC’s webinar series, focused on considerations for public health departments when it comes to adaptation. Includes a presentation from Kristie Ebi (from working group II of the UGPCC) and Kim Knowlton from NRDC.