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Taxonomy Archive: Factsheet/pamphlet
20 Apr 2018 |
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Briefing: after the Paris climate talks— what next for migration and displacement linked to climate change?
Climate change has the power to re-shape patterns of migration and displacement across the world. For this reason migration and displacement have been part of the international climate change negotiations for a number of years.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease
Climate change creates new uncertainties about the spread of diseases such as the Zika virus, dengue fever, malaria, and Lyme disease, which are carried by insects known as vectors, like mosquitoes, ticks, and flies. By altering conditions—local temperatures, rainfall and population movements—that determine the spread of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Patient Facts: Climate Change and Your Health
There is clear proof that the world’s climate is changing. These changes will affect the usual, expected weather patterns. They are caused by human activities, like operating factories, driving vehicles, and pollution. Climate change could have a serious effect on the health of the public.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Oregon Climate and Health Profile Report
Oregon is one of many states studying and planning for the health impacts of climate change. As a participant in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Climate Ready States and Cities Initiative, the Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division (OHA) is undertaking a climate and health adaptation planning ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative
Kresge’s Environment Program is launching an initiative to assist community-based nonprofits positioned to help influence local and regional climate-resilience planning, and related policy development and implementation. Support provided through the initiative focuses on improving the resilience of low-income, urban communities in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: Health Educators Climate Commitment
Obama Administration Announces 48 Additional Public Health, Medical, and Nursing Schools from 15 Countries Commit to Train Their Students to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Increasing the Total Number of Schools Committing to 118 Around the World.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family
Developed over three years by approximately one hundred experts in climate-change science and public health – including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate: Frequently Asked Questions
Brochure of frequently asked questions on SAP 4.6. Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Food Insecurity and the California Drought
No other drought has severely affected the state of California within the past century like the 2014 drought. In 2014, California faced its third year of drought, which tightened resources statewide. Agriculture, businesses and residents alike faced losses caused by the state’s water deficit. One important implication of the ...