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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change new editor's pick

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Independent_Reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm

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

http://www.epa.gov/airnow/

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

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

http://chge.med.harvard.edu/

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

http://www.jhu.edu/~climate/

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/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

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/

4 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

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

http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

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)

http://www.rivm.nl/en/

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

http://stopkillingus.org/

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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