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5 Major Nursing Groups Join Climate Action Colaborative

December 1, 2017 Climate for Health

On November 28 in Washington, D.C., the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health program announced that five prominent nursing organizations have joined them as signatories of the new Nursing Collaborative on Climate Change and Health.

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New Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health

October 31, 2017 Lancet Countdown

The Lancet Countdown released a new report assessing global progress on climate change and health. The report builds on the influential work of the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, which concluded that anthropogenic climate change threatens to undermine the last 50 years of gains in public health, and conversely, that a comprehensive response could unlock “the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.”

The 2017 Report assesses progress in the global response to climate change and associated health impacts across 40 unique indicators and five thematic indicator groups. The report’s authors and the results of the 40 indicators come to three key conclusions…

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California Adaptation Forum

Location: Sacramento, CA. August 27-29, 2018

Sponsor: Local Government Commission

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The biennial California Adaptation Forum gathers the adaptation community to foster knowledge exchange, innovation, and mutual support to create resilient communities throughout the state. The Forum offers a series of engaging plenaries, sessions, networking opportunities, workshops, and tours to support our transition from adaptation awareness and planning to action.

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