Climate Ark: Human Health Links (XML/RSS)
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http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs266/en/
from the World Health Organization (WHO), key facts about the effects of climate change on human health
Added: Sep. 20, 2011 | Rate It
http://www.epa.gov/airnow/
(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
http://www.grocc.ei.columbia.edu/
(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
http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/images/reports/tci_aclimateofsuffering_august2011_web.pdf
a report from the Climate Institute that discusses the infrequently-mentioned impacts of climate change on human well-being (pdf)
Added: Sep. 19, 2011 | Rate It
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/docs/climatereport2010.pdf
from Environmental Health Perspectives and
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a report outlining the research needs on the human health effects of climate change (pdf)
Added: May. 04, 2010 | Rate It
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
http://cgch.lshtm.ac.uk/
brings together multidisciplinary expertise and experience from life sciences, public health and social sciences to understand and develop policy responses to the impact of globalization on health and environment
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.climatecentre.org/
supports the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/environmental-health/Climate-change
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe provides information and strategies for dealing with the health effects of climate change
Added: Oct. 23, 2008 | Rate It
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
http://www.climaterefugees.com/
promotes a documentary movie about the plight of increasing numbers of people who have been displaced by environmental disasters around the world
Added: Jun. 15, 2010 | Rate It
http://www.environmentalhealth.org/
works to fight toxic pollution, protect public health and promote environmental justice
Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/
provides information about how to prevent or deal with the effects of extreme heat
Added: Aug. 04, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-039503/en/
the World Health Organization explores the expected impacts of climate change on public health policy
Added: Oct. 18, 2005 | Rate It
http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/
(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
http://www.greenroofs.org/
an industry association working to promote the use of green roofs throughout North America
Added: Nov. 09, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/
(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
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
http://epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/GHGEndangermentProposal.pdf
EPA's proposed rule that greenhouse gases and emissions from motor vehicles constitute a danger to the public health under the Clean Air Act (pdf)
Added: May. 03, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.sciencecommunicationnetwork.org/
dedicated to encouraging environmental public health scientists and medical practitioners to contribute to public discussions about their work through the media and thereby elevate the quality and quantity of environmental health reporting
Added: Mar. 16, 2001 | Rate It
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
http://www.takeabite.cc/
the Small Planet Institute fosters a global food system that mitigates the climate crisis, protects natural resources, and provides nourishing, safe, fairly produced food for everyone
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
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
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
