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LA Climate and Health Workshops
The LA Climate & Health Workshop Series is one of the activities that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is using to build healthier communities in Los Angeles that are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.The workshop series was developed in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles ...
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Preparing for Climate Change in California – A Public Health Approach CalBRACE: California Building Resilience against Climate Effects
The goals of the CalBRACE project are to enhance the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) capability to plan for and reduce health risks associated with climate change. The program provides resources and technical assistance for the state and local public health departments to build climate adaptation capacity and ...
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BRACE – Illinois
The warming and instability of the climate in the United States is well-established. In the past 25 years, Illinois has experienced the 1993 Mississippi River floods, the 1995 Chicago heat wave, the drought of 2012, the spring floods of 2013, and the arrival of West Nile Virus. Extreme weather events lead to health problems in […]
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Strategies to Protect Health in a Changing Climate
New York State is working in many ways to address climate change and protect New Yorkers. By working on initiatives and programs which collect and analyze data, New York State is assessing impacts of climate change to better understand, improve, and protect our health. Below are links to statewide, regional, and local initiatives ...
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Climate & Health
The Climate-Ready NC program is part of a national public health effort to anticipate and prepare for human health effects related to global and local climate change. Climate-Ready NC is supported by the Climate-Ready States & Cities Initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Climate and Health External ...
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Climate Change in Vermont
In the winter of 2016, Morse Farm Maple Sugar Works tapped its trees on January 31, the earliest day in the East Montpelier farm’s 148-year history. Sugarmaker Tom Morse explained to reporters that the trees were ready about three weeks “too early,” catching he and his fellow sugarmakers across the state off guard. Vermont was ...
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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal
The Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal is a knowledge management tool for locating the most relevant scientific literature on the health implications of climate change. It provides access to a database of studies from around the world, published between 2007 and 2014. The National Institute of Environmental Health ...
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Climate change is real. It’s serious. But we can do something about it!
This website and curriculum was developed by Nancy Villasenor in English and Spanish for health promoters. The curriculum was informed by field testing and surveys of adult Latina learners and research- Villansenor subsequently developed videos, a curriculum, fact sheets, resource lists and more.
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Climate Change and Health Air Quality Map
Explore the map to see which parts of the country are most affected by unhealthy air, or check out your area by clicking on a state, or click on the magnifying glass to type in your address. Climate change will increase the number of bad air days across much of the United States.