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20 Apr 2018 |
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Lessons on Climate Change and Poverty From the California Drought
This report explores the intersection of climate change and inequality in the context of the California drought, highlighting the unqiue and disproportionate challenges faced by California’s low-income and farming communities. Finally, the report offers recommendations for better addressing these disparities with urgency in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Clean Power Plan: The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits
In response to the many dangerous impacts of climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first-ever limits on industrial carbon pollution in June 2014. Each year more than 2 billion tons of carbon pollution are spewed into the atmosphere by power plants—the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System
Food security—the ability to obtain and use sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food—is a fundamental human need. Achieving food security for all people everywhere is a widely agreed upon international objective, most recently codified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. This report describes the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public health in a changing climate
Climate change poses both a threat and an opportunity for public health. This report reviews current local strategies and actions to address climate change by public health departments and their partners. It explores barriers and opportunities for action, and identifies recommendations for local and national policy and practice.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis: Handbook
This Handbook, which presents a new participatory methodology for Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis, is very timely. Its focus on the community level is sharp and salutary. It stresses that communities are not homogeneous. It underlines the need to pay special attention to those, especially women and the marginalised, who ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Wildfire Smoke:A Guide for Public Health Officials
This guide is intended to provide local public health officials with information they need when wildfire smoke is present so they can adequately communicate health risks, and precautions to the public.
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Dose of Nature: Addressing chronic health conditions by using the environment
Evidence for the effectiveness of Green Prescriptions – doses of nature tailored to patients’ needs – comes from many disciplines, but this brief summary concentrates on the medical and public health literature. The research demonstrates numerous correlations between different indices of health and wellbeing and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting Urban Water Systems to Climate Change: A handbook for decision makers at the local level
This handbook on adaptation of urban water systems to climate change is an initiative of the SWITCH project and the result of collaboration between ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the International Water Association (IWA) and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. It draws on the research and findings from the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Addressing Social Vulnerability and Equity in Climate Change Adaptation Planning
As planning for sea level rise and extreme storm events moves forward, so too should state objectives for achieving environmental justice and equity for all Californians. The purpose of this white paper is to highlight the links between equity and planning for sea level rise and storm events and is designed to inform the Adapting ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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What are the Effects of Climate-Related Risks on Public Health? A summary of National Climate Assessment information from the US Global Change Research Program about the public health risks associated with climate change
What are the Effects of Climate-Related Risks on Public Health? A summary of National Climate Assessment information from the US Global Change Research Program about the public health risks associated with climate change