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20 Apr 2018 |
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As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer
This blog post reviews the health risks to workers as the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events increases due to climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate action will make our cities safer
In Arlington County, as with much of the country, climate change has turned up the heat. Our residents are feeling the effects. And when it comes to taking action on climate to protect our communities, we are not waiting.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change: bad for our health
In this blog post first published by the Guardian Sustainable Business on 23.04.13, Adam Corner argues that framing climate change as a public health risk may be a way of pushing climate change into the mainstream.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Conferences Connect the Climate-Health Dots
As the health impacts of climate change become more and more evident on a daily basis, several dozen leading researchers from public health and climate science gathered at the Health and Climate Colloquium 2016, June 8-10th. The three-day Colloquium, jointly organized by the Mailman School of Public Health and the International ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fossil fuels don’t just change the climate, they impact our children’s health
As you likely know, the pollution that comes out of tailpipes and smokestacks contributes to climate change, which increases the probability of extreme flooding, intense storms, and heat waves. Dr. Perera’s article points to such a heat wave in California in 2006, where 2,500 children were admitted to emergency rooms. And, as a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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America is too damn hot: U.S. faces dramatic rise in extreme heat and humidity
Across the United States, we’ve hit the dog days of summer. Most regions are now seeing their hottest temperatures of the year, and the combination of heat and high humidity sends most people running for a cold drink, some shade or an air conditioner. Heat is the No.1 weather-related killer, and as carbon pollution continues, […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: A Human Rights Opportunity
A restaurant near Shanghai is charging customers a “clean air fee” to breathe unpolluted air. This is a response to air pollution levels hitting “red alert” status. It begs the question: is a healthy living environment a human right or a commodity?Last December, I attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Healthier Community, A Healthier Climate
What if our response to climate change created healthier communities? Could healthier habits lessen climate change?Oakland, California, a city of struggle and progress, is looking for the answers. Just like climate change, the city’s problems often feel unfixable, but Oakland’s healthy policies make us global leaders in the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Could Be Poisoning Your Food
By now, it’s fairly well-established that climate change is going to be a major challenge for food production. Rising temperatures are set to severely damage crop yields, lessen the nutritional value of important crops, and make large portions of the planet inhospitable to crop production. And some studies argue that it won’t be ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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COP21 SERIES Reshaping the landscape: The geography of human rights, climate change, and disasters
When leaders gather in Paris to discuss serious measures to address climate change this December, they will be surrounded by a city and region that, in recent decades, has spent its summers grappling with deadly heat. The ongoing effects of these annual climatic threats may not be visible from the Paris-Le Bourget site in December, ...