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20 Apr 2018 |
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Populations Vulnerable to Climate Change in New Jersey: Update of a Statistical Analysis
The purpose of this paper is to characterize and locate populations vulnerable to climate change in the state of New Jersey. To do so, a quantitative study examined the demographic and location attributes of socially vulnerable groups and their relation to an environmental hazard associated with a changing climate, using flooding as ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change in the Columbus, Ohioan mind. Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.
Most people in Columbus (70%) believe global warming is happening. One in five (18%) believe it is not. • About half (49%) believe that if global warming is happening, it is caused mostly by human activities. • People in Columbus think global warming is important and are worried about it. Seven in ten (69%) say […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Milwaukee Heat Vulnerability Index
Using the methodology developed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), Wisconsin Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) staff conducted a geo-spatial analysis of heat-related vulnerability in both Wisconsin as a whole and the greater Milwaukee urban area, though this report focused on the Milwaukee analysis.
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Will Climate Change Affect Human Health in Washington? in: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Washington State: Technical Summaryies for Decision Makers. State of Knowledge Report prepared for the Washington State Department of Ecology
Studies of climate change impacts on human health in the Pacific Northwest are limited. Research to date finds that climate change is likely to increase rates of heat related illnesses (including heat exhaustion and stroke); respiratory illness (e.g., allergies, asthma); vector-, water-, and food-borne diseases; and mental health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Social Cost of Carbon
This report examines the U.S. government’s estimate of the social cost of carbon, $21 per ton of CO2 in 2010. If widely adopted, this low estimate could result in effectual regulations that barely reduce U.S. emissions. The proposed SCC value is so low due to very specific, erroneous choices.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guidelines for Selecting Cool Roofs
A great introduction to cool roofs, from describing the different types to providing criteria for whether or not to implement one.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting to extreme heat events, guidelines for assessing health vulnerability
”A major component of public health efforts to protect people from extreme heat events centres on assessments of individual and community level vulnerability. Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment methodology that has been developed by ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Communicating the health risks of extreme heat events toolkit for public health and emergency management officials
This Toolkit is intended for use by public health and emergency management officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication strategies. It is designed to gide the development of targeted heat-health communication campaigns and necessary outreach products for specific audiences.To this end the Toolkit provides: 1.) ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Improving Thermal Comfort in Windsor, ON; Assessing Urban Parks and Playgrounds
City parks offer Windsor residents an area where they can enjoy the outdoors and maintain their physical activity. Urban parks are known to have lower temperatures compared to their surrounding environment, mainly due to the presence of vegetation. Despite this, parks are still affected by high temperatures caused by the urban heat ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment
This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability (i.e. the susceptibility of a population or region to harm) to the health risks of climate change, and of policies and programmes that could increase resilience, taking into account ...