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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change new editor's pick
A report on the economics of climate change and development to the UK Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Economics of Climate Change by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Climate Change Health Impacts in Australia new
http://www.acfonline.org.au/uploads/res/res_ama_acf_full_report.pdf
report on the effects of dramatic carbon dioxide emission reductions; concludes that policy action to control greenhouse gas emissions, if taken decisively and soon, will reduce the extent and severity of climate change impacts on the health of Australians(pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Air Quality Now popular
the U.S. EPA provides real time air monitoring data that tells you how clean the air is and whether it will affect your health
Added: Oct. 21, 2003 | Rate It
Center for Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School seeks to expand environmental education at medical schools and to further investigate and promote awareness of the human health consequences of global environmental change
Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It
China Air Pollution Map
http://air.ipe.org.cn/en/qyInfoEn.do
provides air quality information for China including national and regional air pollution maps
Added: Dec. 23, 2007 | Rate It
Climate Change and Human Health Integrated Assessment Web
provides information about the potential impacts of climate change through
integrated assessment to support policy development and analysis
Added: Nov. 05, 2005 | Rate It
Environmental Health Coalition
http://www.environmentalhealth.org/
works to fight toxic pollution, protect public health and promote environmental justice
Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It
Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
http://www.epa.gov/hiri/about/heatguidebook.html
designed to help community officials, emergency managers, meteorologists, and others plan for and respond to excessive heat events
Added: Sep. 17, 2006 | Rate It
Global Environmental Change and Health
http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/
an introduction to how climate and weather affect human health; from the World Health Organization's Protection of the Human Environment web site
Added: Jul. 02, 2001 | Rate It
Global Roundtable on Climate Change
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/grocc/
a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It
Global Warming: Health Impacts
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ImpactsHealth.html
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explores the expected impacts of climate change on public health
Added: Oct. 18, 2005 | Rate It
Internet-Based Health and Air Pollution Surveillance System
provides published material, software and
data to monitor the association between air
pollution and mortality and morbidity in U.S. cities
Added: Nov. 20, 2004 | Rate It
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
a Dutch research organization that functions as an advisory body on public health and environmental issues, including global change; has expertise in integrated global change assessment modeling
Added: Jul. 17, 2001 | Rate It
Stop Killing Us
campaign to identify and develop an awareness of those areas in Africa that have been adversely affected by climate change and to develop projects to mitigate those effects
Added: Dec. 31, 2006 | Rate It
Up in Smoke
http://www.upinsmokecoalition.org/
report by Working Group on Climate Change and Development which concludes that global warming threatens to reverse human progress, and make the international targets on halving global poverty by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals, unattainable
Added: Dec. 07, 2004 | Rate It
US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Sector: Human
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/health/
a publication by the National Assessment Synthesis Team regarding the potential impacts of climate change on human health in the US
Added: May. 11, 2003 | Rate It
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