• In the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists found that daily rainfall during extreme precipitation events would increase by about 7 percent for each degree Celsius of global warming, increasing the dangers of flooding . (nrdc.org)
  • Wheat may disappear from Africa altogether (ITAR-TASS) April 10, 2007 -- According to a new UN environmental report by the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC), climate change may lead to severe food and water shortages for an extra 130 million people across Asia by 2050 unless urgent action is taken. (rferl.org)
  • Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. (skepticalscience.com)
  • and increasing midcontinental summer drought (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007). (usgs.gov)
  • Even though everyone is or will be affected by climate change, those living in the world's poorest countries-which have contributed least to the problem-are the most climate-vulnerable. (nrdc.org)
  • An international project is setting up the world's first carbon measuring and modelling system that will be used to help mitigate the effects of climate change, boost carbon trading and verify whether carbon-offsetting initiatives really work. (europa.eu)
  • The Hong Kong government has issued a report, outlining ways to mitigate the effects of climate change in the city, which will be presented to the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP-21) later this month. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • It will provide platforms for partners to collaborate on agricultural practices, make key investments, develop policies that empower producers to mitigate the impact of climate change and, through sustainable agriculture practices, contribute to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. (beeculture.com)
  • African communities will be some of the hardest hit by climate change, but protecting women's land rights can help mitigate its effects. (cfr.org)
  • The most important factor for us to mitigate the increasing impacts of climate change is to strengthen our adaptive capacity. (thedailystar.net)
  • Therefore, the most important factor for us to mitigate such increasing impacts of climate change is to strengthen our adaptive capacity (of the whole system)-all individuals, organisations and the country as a whole, with a "whole of society" approach. (thedailystar.net)
  • From raging wildfires and supercharged storms, its compounding effects can be felt today, outside our own windows. (nrdc.org)
  • Visit their website, caff.org, for an extensive library of stories and links for relief and support for farmers with wildfires, climate change, COVID, policy, food safety, marketing and more. (growingformarket.com)
  • But with record droughts from Kansas to the American southwest, deadly wildfires in California and earlier, more frequent and more destructive storms and tornadoes in the heartland, the U.S. now concedes it is feeling the effects of climate change. (beeculture.com)
  • The increase in warmer and drier climates predicted to occur under climate change scenarios has led many scientists to also predict a global increase in the number of wildfires. (esa.org)
  • The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the latest research on how climate-related hazards, including extreme heat events, wildfires, floods, and ice storms are affecting our health and wellbeing. (canada.ca)
  • Research has demonstrated high levels of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders among people after hurricanes, floods, heat waves, and wildfires," said Paul Schramm, the climate science team lead at CDC's Climate and Health Program . (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change is increasing the vulnerability of many forests to wildfires and is also projected to increase the frequency of wildfires in certain regions of the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary approach to mitigation relies on the effectiveness of the existing light stabilizers (such as hindered amine light stabilizers, HALS) used in plastics exposed to harsh solar UV conditions coupled with climate change factors. (rti.org)
  • This difference means that aggressive mitigation of methane emissions is essential if the near-term pace of climate change is to be slowed," reads the letter, which notes that such reductions could help slow Arctic sea-ice loss, permafrost melt and other harmful effects of global warming. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • As the scientists' letter emphasizes, methane mitigation is essential to avoid immediate climate catastrophe, but mitigation options can only be properly understood when accurate, short-term (20-year) analyses that employ appropriate global warming potentials are evaluated. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • These new cross-cutting policies must be built on people's adaptive capacities, address the structural problems that cause fragility, and put mitigation and climate justice strategies at the forefront. (alliance2015.org)
  • If politicians find they can gain domestic political advantage from scaling back their country's climate mitigation ambitions, they may place these considerations above the potential costs of international disapproval. (brookings.edu)
  • With North American climate anticipated to become hotter and drier, these findings could provide important health effects data for federal drought early warning systems and mitigation plans. (cdc.gov)
  • Although our contributions to greenhouse gas emissions are limited, national programmes on vulnerability assessment, adaptation and mitigation are to be fortified to combat climate change. (who.int)
  • On the other hand, climate change adaptation has been mainstreamed as a central strategy of development, and Bangladesh is recognised as a leader globally in adaptation and resilience. (thedailystar.net)
  • University of Portsmouth academics are speaking in the House of Commons later today (20 November), calling for a heat resilience strategy to protect the most vulnerable members of society from the effects of climate change. (port.ac.uk)
  • Today, the Government, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a three-year programme to help rural communities adapt and build resilience to the impact of climate change. (undp.org)
  • Focused on the reduction of disaster risk, climate resilience, and mental health and psychosocial support at city level, this project resulted from a collaboration between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Indian National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), which began in 2017. (medscape.com)
  • Ensuring strengthened resilience against hazardous climate change effects may positively facilitate diverse play activities with high play value. (lu.se)
  • Grantees use the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework to identify local climate effects, develop adaptation plans, and evaluate progress. (cdc.gov)
  • Tracking data may be used to inform decision-making and policies that can help local communities assess vulnerabilities, estimate the burden, and build overall resilience against the effects of a changing climate. (cdc.gov)
  • So, in the context of adaptation, the most important element is whether all the stakeholders including the communities have adequate role in addressing the impacts of climate change that wreak havoc to their lives and whether the process is done with accountability and transparency. (thedailystar.net)
  • This drier, hotter climate also creates conditions that fuel more vicious wildfire seasons-with fires that spread faster and burn longer-putting millions of additional lives and homes at risk. (nrdc.org)
  • For more information about how climate change disproportionately affects some communities, visit CDC's webpage on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in climate adaptation planning . (cdc.gov)
  • The methodology and related tools are outputs of the Regional study on the effects of climate change on the coasts of Latin America and the Caribbean which can be useful evaluating impacts, suggesting adaptation measures and performing an economic analysis of their implications in coastal areas. (cepal.org)
  • The initiative, aptly named Climate Adaptation Water and Energy Programme (CAWEP), will invest £12 million (about US$14 million) in four locations, namely Binga, Chipinge, Chivi and Insiza districts. (undp.org)
  • The Climate Adaptation Water and Energy Programme is funded by UK FCDO. (undp.org)
  • Strong adaptation measures can prevent potential health impacts and make health systems and facilities more resilient to climate change. (canada.ca)
  • The report is part of Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action , a collaborative national assessment process led by Natural Resources Canada, which forms the foundation for the ambitious action needed as the federal government develops Canada's National Adaptation Strategy. (canada.ca)
  • I also want to thank all of the experts who contributed to this new source of knowledge which will help inform our government's action on climate change adaptation. (canada.ca)
  • As Indigenous Peoples hold a spiritual connection to the land, their traditional knowledge and input are essential to advancing innovative climate change adaptation actions that will protect Indigenous communities from climate hazards. (canada.ca)
  • Without efforts to facilitate climate change adaptation of outdoor playgrounds there may be a negative impact on children's health and well-being. (lu.se)
  • Our website offers resources that communities, organizations, and health departments can use for climate adaptation planning. (cdc.gov)
  • These data can be used to document changes over place and time, monitor vulnerable areas, and evaluate the results of local climate-adaptation strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Vegetation plays a major role in determining the flammability of an ecosystem, he says, potentially dampening or amplifying the impacts that climate change has on fire frequencies. (esa.org)
  • Scientists use several methods to predict the effects of human-caused climate change. (wikipedia.org)
  • To assess changes in Earth's past climate scientists have studied tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean and lake sediments. (wikipedia.org)
  • And scientists warn it could reach a worst-case scenario of 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100 if we fail to tackle the causes of climate change -namely, the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) . (nrdc.org)
  • Scientists can calculate the tipping points of individual subsystems of the global climate. (myclimate.org)
  • Climate change will have significant effects on the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and humans, according to scientists. (usgs.gov)
  • Scientists studying climate change firsthand will alert us to the changes they see. (sciencefriday.com)
  • The Trump administration released a major climate assessment on Black Friday, the culmination of years of research by the country's top climate scientists. (kpbs.org)
  • Scientists are taking a second look at the role that wetlands play in climate change. (kmuw.org)
  • WASHINGTON- As the U.S. Department of Energy examines methane pollution from the natural gas industry, a group of prominent climate scientists today urged the Obama administration to update methods for estimating the climate consequences of this dangerously potent greenhouse gas. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Global warming affects all parts of Earth's climate system. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Earth's climate would not start moving back to its pre-industrial state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Climate change destabilises the Earth's temperature equilibrium and has far-reaching effects on human beings and the environment. (myclimate.org)
  • Climate change can also be viewed within the context of other physical and climate cycles, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (El Niño), the North Atlantic Oscillation, and cycles in solar radiation that have profound effects on the Earth's climate. (usgs.gov)
  • Still, the impact of climate change over a century is comparable to economic growth over a few years. (repec.org)
  • From a welfare perspective, the impact of climate change is problematic because population is endogenous, and because policy analyses should separate impatience, risk aversion, and inequity aversion between and within countries. (repec.org)
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers, ranchers and other producers in the U.S. and around the world are feeling the impact of climate change now. (beeculture.com)
  • 54 How much the world warms depends on human greenhouse gas emissions and how sensitive the climate is to greenhouse gases. (wikipedia.org)
  • This would commit the climate to a warmer state long after emissions have stopped. (wikipedia.org)
  • it increases emissions at a time when the rest of the world is reducing emissions, and it creates very few jobs,' Nicki Hutley, economist at the Climate Council, said. (berkeley.edu)
  • The federal government plans to open more than 250,000 acres off the California coast to wind development, the Biden administration announced Tuesday, as part of a major effort to ramp up the nation's renewable energy and cut its climate-warming emissions. (berkeley.edu)
  • The report says Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, but is not acting fast enough to stem the dire economic and environmental damage of greenhouse-gas emissions. (rferl.org)
  • Calculate your CO2 emissions and support effective climate protection. (myclimate.org)
  • Air Canada announced a purchase agreement for 30 ES-30 electric-hybrid aircraft to lower aircraft emissions and combat climate change's effects. (business-standard.com)
  • Although Argentina accounts for only 0.7 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions, the country in the South American country is facing grave consequences in terms of climate change. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • We contribute less to global emissions, but we still have a very big impact from climate change and it is really hitting our economies, territories and people, mostly due to the vulnerabilities we have," the vice minister said. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Experts say while designing games to help the planet is a noble impulse, the industry must also do more to clean up its own act, by addressing its direct emissions - estimated at up to 15 million tonnes annually - as well as the preponderance of indirect climate pollution that flows from distributing, streaming, and playing games. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • SCHMIDT: Were the surprising emissions temporary or a sign that these crucial ecosystems could switch from helping offset climate change to making it worse? (kmuw.org)
  • Separately, the World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders called on governments and world leaders in an open letter to use COP26 as their best chance to halve emissions by 2030, and reach net-zero by 2050. (news.az)
  • Vehicles, buildings, factories and appliances have become more energy-efficient over the decades, which has also helped to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change to some extent. (salisburypost.com)
  • Climate change affects the physical environment, ecosystems and human societies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Climate change affects many economic sectors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Currently, much more information is needed on the process of climate change, how it affects the land and how the potential for land to be used for carbon storage could be improved. (europa.eu)
  • Climate affects vegetation, vegetation affects fire, and both fire and vegetation respond to climate change," he says. (esa.org)
  • The emitted PSD affects the duration of particle transport and thus each mineral's global distribution, along with its specific effect upon climate. (bsc.es)
  • Climate change disproportionately affects women, placing them further along the societal and economic margins. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Climate change affects more than just our physical health-it also affects our mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • It's important to know how climate change affects mental health and what communities can do to plan proactively. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change increasingly affects people's health and well-being, as do other global environmental changes such as loss of biodiversity. (who.int)
  • Hence, extrapolating climate change's impact into the future is not a guessing game. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • The reports have highlighted policy priorities for Government in response to climate change's impact on human health, as well as identifying areas of gaps in research that need to be addressed. (port.ac.uk)
  • Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a policy report to confront the increasingly strong and lasting impacts that climate change is having directly and indirectly on people's mental health and psychosocial well-being. (medscape.com)
  • The impacts of climate change continue to disproportionately threaten Indigenous Peoples' safety and security. (canada.ca)
  • The science is clear-climate change is increasing risks to our country's health systems. (canada.ca)
  • Reuters examines how floods, droughts and rising temperatures, thought to be caused by climate change, are compromising African farm lands and leading to health problems for already vulnerable populations â€" a topic discussed at the "first pan-African climate hearings. (kff.org)
  • Climate change projections have shown there is an increasing risk of extreme weather events such as droughts and heatwaves over time, Professor Holman added, and irrespective of droughts, "individuals and society should be aiming to use water as efficiently as possible. (cranfield.ac.uk)
  • As developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in the form of extreme weather conditions such as droughts and floods - increasing the vulnerability of pinched natural resources - it is women and girls in agriculture and rural and remote areas who are most affected and unshielded from these events. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • From deadly flooding in some areas to record-breaking heat waves and droughts in others, the effects of climate change are becoming more remarkable each year - or are they? (salisburypost.com)
  • Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, droughts, extreme rainfall and severe cyclones in many areas, and modifying the transmission of food-borne, water-borne and zoonotic infectious diseases, resulting in large impacts on health. (who.int)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding healthcare professionals seeing patients affected by wildfire smoke to be alert to the possible adverse effects of smoke exposure , particularly among individuals at higher risk of severe outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Plant diversity also supports pollinators , which have been decimated by herbicides, insecticides, and climate change. (earth911.com)
  • For example, the simplification of the agricultural landscape in the last century may have resulted in the disadvantage of specialized pollinators, with negative effects on the pollination of wild plants or crops that need these pollinators. (lu.se)
  • An earlier version of this document was noted by the Executive Board at its 144th session in January 2019.1 The draft WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change, which the Board broadly supported, was subject to further consultations by Member States in March 2019, and has been updated in the light of comments made. (who.int)
  • In decision EB142(5) (2018), the Executive Board at its 142nd session requested the Director-General inter alia to develop a draft comprehensive global strategy on health, environment and climate change, to be considered by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly in May 2019, through the Executive Board at its 144th session in January 2019. (who.int)
  • 2 In line with resolution WHA69.19 (2016) on the global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030, a health workforce impact assessment was carried out for the draft WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change (see https://www.who.int/hrh/documents/B144_HRH-links_160119-climate.pdf, accessed 26 March 2019). (who.int)
  • The changes in climate are not uniform across the Earth. (wikipedia.org)
  • One is to investigate past natural changes in climate. (wikipedia.org)
  • In many cases, the authors discovered, changes in climate were less important than changes in vegetation in determining wildfire frequency. (esa.org)
  • My research group focuses on applied biogeographical themes, particularly responses of vegetation and ecosystem properties to changes in climate and land use both in the past as well as in the future, with important applications both for advancing theoretical understanding and practical ecosystem management. (lu.se)
  • He said: "The UK is getting hotter because of climate change and this has significant potential to impact a whole range of groups, some of them vulnerable groups and other groups like people who are at work, the elderly, the young, people with co-morbidities. (port.ac.uk)
  • Climate change, habitat destruction and urbanization, the introduction of exotic and invasive species, and pollution-all affect ecosystem and human health. (usgs.gov)
  • Climate change could also worsen harmful ozone levels and air pollution. (kpbs.org)
  • Reducing the oil and gas industry's massive methane pollution could help provide the breathing room we need to avoid disastrous climate tipping points," said Shaye Wolf, climate science director at the Center for Biological Diversity, who signed the letter. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • The objective of the workshop aimed at raising awareness of and stimulate discussion on the adverse health impacts of climate change and air pollution among staff and students in the schools of applied medical sciences, medicine and pharmacy. (who.int)
  • The stories from the preliminary climate hearings will be presented later this year during climate talks in Copenhagen, "where Western countries and poorer nations are expected to adopt new carbon emission targets to curb global warming," the news service writes. (kff.org)
  • Already, Air Canada is supporting the development of new technologies, such as sustainable aviation fuels and carbon capture, to address climate change. (business-standard.com)
  • This climate-specific knowledge and practice being pioneered today will be critical to protect lives and livelihoods, and promote low-carbon growth and development around the world," the two officials say. (beeculture.com)
  • Therefore, I think professionals need to emphasize that climate change can be addressed just by adopting better energy technologies (solar, wind, geothermal, carbon capture, modern/safe nuclear and so on) and newer/more efficient stuff, rather than by living a more austere lifestyle or giving up modern comforts. (salisburypost.com)
  • We are also active in the analysis of phenology and have been assessing carbon fluxes of natural systems and their relation to land use and climate. (lu.se)
  • Landscape transformation, invasive organisms, climate change and other human-induced changes lead to altered population sizes and species composition - changes in biodiversity - which in turn can negatively affect functions such as carbon capture, pollination and pest control. (lu.se)
  • Patients who are very near the fire source may have smoke inhalation injury, which is caused by thermal (superheated gases), chemical (e.g., particulate matter and other irritants), and toxic (e.g., carbon monoxide, cyanide) effects of the products of combustion. (cdc.gov)
  • Haskell EH, Palca JW, Walker JM, Berger RJ, Heller HC (1981) The effects of high and low ambient temperatures on human sleep stages. (springer.com)
  • Our aim was to assess the effects of environmental factors, game animal density, and temperatures on TBE emergence and distribution in Finland and to use these findings to inform risk assessment and prevention strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • This indicator shows modeled county-level data to look at projections of extreme daytime and nighttime temperatures to better understand how our climate is changing. (cdc.gov)
  • UNDP Resident Representative, Mia Seppo added "Investments in climate resilient agriculture are key in promoting more sustainable, resilient and inclusive growth, jobs and livelihoods, and food security in Zimbabwe. (undp.org)
  • 1: a new design paradigm for outdoor play environments, 2: a need for updated regulation- and security guidelines for outdoor play environments, 3: nature-based play environments are more climate change resilient, and 4: maintenance and construction of nature-based outdoor play environments. (lu.se)
  • An Institute of Medicine report called for improving patient safety by addressing cultural factors, including learning climate, that negatively influence nurse working conditions. (ahrq.gov)
  • Climate change continues to negatively impact the health and wellbeing of Canadians, however we know that some communities are more vulnerable than others. (canada.ca)
  • The analysis of both primary and secondary data revealed that climate change's effects on Arsi have increased in the last five years , negatively affecting agricultural activities, livestock, and even inhabitants' daily life. (alliance2015.org)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, and it is has already been feeling the effects. (cfr.org)
  • Bangladesh is regarded globally as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts. (thedailystar.net)
  • This makes its inhabitants extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. (alliance2015.org)
  • The gap between programmes tackling climate change effects and socio-economic fragilities and their impact on the most vulnerable people from the Arsi zone gives rise to the need for all stakeholders to strengthen their efforts to develop short, medium and long-term strategies particularly focused on young people and women. (alliance2015.org)
  • While all communities are vulnerable to health effects associated with climate change, not everyone is equally at risk. (cdc.gov)
  • We have a number of candidates that have signed on for the Green New Deal- others that are a little more vague or squishy around the edges as to whether or not they'd sign on with the Green New Deal, which, of course, is the sweeping plan proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to deal with climate change and also health care and other issues. (sciencefriday.com)
  • The findings showed an overall awareness and a will to use innovative and nature-based strategies and planning to deal with climate change implications for outdoor play environments. (lu.se)
  • Most importantly, our work emphasizes the need to consider the multiple drivers of fire regimes when anticipating their response to climate change. (esa.org)
  • And those of us that have covered this issue for a while, for a few years, we were constantly saying this is just unprecedented to have this level of attention to climate change. (sciencefriday.com)
  • For Mental Health Awareness Month, we're drawing attention to climate change and the steps communities can take to promote mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in numerous ways. (cdc.gov)
  • The health effects of these disruptions include increased respiratory and cardiovascular disease, injuries and premature deaths related to extreme weather events, changes in the prevalence and geographical distribution of food- and water-borne illnesses and other infectious diseases, and threats to mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • For more information on the health effects of climate change, visit the Third National Climate Assessment's Health Chapter external icon , Fourth National Climate Assessment's Health Chapter external icon , and the USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment external icon . (cdc.gov)
  • Preparing for the Regional Health Impacts of Climate Change in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change has profound impacts on human health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, it is impossible to separate the effects of global warming on wildlife from its effects on the health of domestic animals or people. (usgs.gov)
  • The effect of staff nurses' shift length and fatigue on patient safety and nurses' health: from the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. (ahrq.gov)
  • Climate change is already affecting the health of Canadians and, without taking concerted action, it will result in increased injury, illness, and death. (canada.ca)
  • Many of these health impacts can be prevented by scaling up efforts to adapt to climate change-both in Canadian society at large and in health systems. (canada.ca)
  • The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister Health, today announced the release of Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action which will help inform policy development focused on protecting Canadians from the effects of climate change. (canada.ca)
  • The report findings will help the Government of Canada and other decision makers be more prepared for the health effects of climate change and take action to reduce risks as well as to empower individuals to protect themselves and their loved ones. (canada.ca)
  • It is clear that concerns about climate change have increased the stresses on the mental health of Canadians. (canada.ca)
  • With more than 7.5 million Canadians experiencing mental illness each year, and over half of Canadians reporting worsening mental health this past year, our government will continue to work with all jurisdictions across Canada to enhance greater access to mental health services for Canadians as we fight the climate emergency. (canada.ca)
  • As the data provided in the recently released Mental Health and Climate Change Policy Brief indicate, there are large gaps in many countries between mental health needs and the services and systems available to address them. (medscape.com)
  • In the report we just published, we provide comprehensive recommendations on how to transform mental health systems for all, such as trying to integrate climate change considerations into policies and programs for mental health or building on existing global commitments, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Paris Agreement. (medscape.com)
  • Climate change can affect our health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Researchers are studying the best ways to lessen climate change and reduce its impact on our health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Extreme weather events and climate change can affect people's mental health in several ways. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change can contribute to short-term and long-term mental health conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • This provides people with a reassuring sense of control over climate change and encourages communities to address mental health concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative is currently supporting 11 grantees in adapting to the health effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
  • Some CDC grantees have addressed the mental health effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's Climate and Health Program can help federal, state, local, and tribal health agencies prepare by providing technical assistance and tools. (cdc.gov)
  • One of CDC's Climate and Health Program priority actions is to provide support to communities preparing for the health effects of climate change," Schramm said. (cdc.gov)
  • Current approaches have laid the foundations, but they have not proven sufficient for sustainably and efficiently reducing environmental risks to health and building health-supportive and enabling environments - hence the call for a new strategy on health, environment and climate change. (who.int)
  • 17 March 2015 - The WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (WHO/CEHA) with Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) convened a workshop on Health and Climate Change at JUST in Irbid on 11 March, 2015. (who.int)
  • The workshop programme included introductory presentations on health and climate change, air quality and health, the effects of climate change on allergies, health representation in the National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by countries of the Region, and results of a survey conducted by the team to assess knowledge and awareness of medical students at JUST on the health impacts of climate change. (who.int)
  • The health community can and should protect health from climate change by: increasing its knowledge, engaging in action to mobilize support to health protection, and incorporating climate change early warning in management of diseases and health services. (who.int)
  • In his concluding remarks, Dr Khader noted that students lack adequate knowledge on the adverse health impacts of climate change. (who.int)
  • As a result, the training curriculum of public health courses in the School of Medicine will be revised to include climate change and health. (who.int)
  • An employer assessment tool was used to assess TWH policies and programs, and an employee health and safety survey was used to assess safety leadership and health leadership practices, safety climate and health climate, safety behaviors and health behaviors, and well-being. (cdc.gov)
  • Dan Rutz] Alan, so many people may not realize that everyday life in the Arctic is all that different from life elsewhere, beyond climate of course, but what is it that makes it unique and challenging from a health perspective? (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, can affect human health in several direct and indirect ways. (cdc.gov)
  • These data can be used to identify changes in extreme heat over time and focus preparedness plans to lessen the health effects of extreme heat. (cdc.gov)
  • A new book by Michael Mann and Tom Toles takes a fresh look on the effects humans are having on our climate and the additional impacts on our politics. (skepticalscience.com)
  • One year ago today, I was standing at the top of Sixth Avenue here in New York City with 400,000 others at the People's Climate March. (huffpost.com)
  • The People's Climate March dominated the news cycle, from huge TV coverage (including, much to my pleasure, on Fox News) to an above the fold spread in the New York Times . (huffpost.com)
  • Our temporary People's Climate Arts space, May Day, has become a permanent addition to the community and new "Sporatoriums," the creative meet-ups where artists plotted the amazing themes and visuals of the march, continue to take place. (huffpost.com)
  • The day after the People's Climate March, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced that they would divest from fossil fuels. (huffpost.com)
  • Experts sometimes describe the projected and observed negative impacts of climate change as the climate crisis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Climate change impacts everyone, there's no escaping this global crisis. (earth911.com)
  • Traditional gardening and lawn maintenance contribute to the climate crisis and regional water shortages. (earth911.com)
  • Escuadra says many people who work in video games are deeply concerned about the climate crisis, but find the sustainability movement overwhelming, and sometimes unwelcoming. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Economy-wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: Sea Level Rise ," Environmental & Resource Economics , Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 37(3), pages 549-571, July. (repec.org)
  • Economy-Wide Estimates Of The Implications Of Climate Change: Sea Level Rise ," Working Papers FNU-38, Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University, revised Jan 2004. (repec.org)
  • Higuera thinks this research has implications for predictions of modern-day changes in fire regimes based on climate change. (esa.org)
  • The findings of this study can also complement the local scale analysis provided by the Economic Studies of Climate Change (RECCS), whose technical aspects are coordinated by ECLAC, to help the countries to identify the implications of climate change over their economies and citizens. (cepal.org)
  • Women in agriculture, particularly those in rural areas, face adverse challenges to their livelihoods due to climate change effects and its consequences on food and economic security. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The people who are most at risk from the adverse effects of climate change - including poor and marginalized communities - should be the first recipients of those resources,' said the UN official, arguing that they "should have a seat at the table" to enable "effective and equitable action. (news.az)
  • This report clearly lays out that more needs to be done, and we are committed to supporting Canadians as we continue to face the adverse effects of climate change. (canada.ca)
  • Counseling patients on protective measures, including being aware of current and predicted air quality levels, staying indoors, using air filtration , and using properly fitted N95 respirators when outdoors is also important for mitigating adverse effects. (cdc.gov)
  • In February 2013, GAO included Limiting the Federal Government's Fiscal Exposure by Better Managing Climate Change Risks on its High-Risk List. (gao.gov)
  • This project aims to identify and quantify the effects of pesticide exposure (risks) and forage availability (benefits) to bees so that agricultural landscapes can be managed for healthy bee populations and reliable pollination services. (lu.se)
  • It is the first time a company has been legally obliged to align its policies with the Paris climate accords. (berkeley.edu)
  • States must also agree to environmental and social safeguards and ensure that those harmed by climate action under the Paris Agreement have access to effective remedies. (news.az)
  • I'm confident the energy from this march will ripple out in all directions, from fossil fuel divestment fights on campus to the push for a global climate treaty in Paris. (huffpost.com)
  • This June, G7 leaders committed for the first time to phase out the use of fossil fuels and the goal will now be on the table for the climate talks in Paris this December. (huffpost.com)
  • The Paris climate agreement is in effect: Now will the world's two biggest emitters follow through? (brookings.edu)
  • Today the Paris Climate Agreement comes into force . (brookings.edu)
  • And they got that at Paris: the United States and China, especially, were at the front of the charge in pushing the agreement across the finish line of the exhausting United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) diplomatic process, whereas often they had been the main obstacles in the past. (brookings.edu)
  • Triumph for the climate community though it is, getting Paris in place is better understood as a beginning than an end in itself. (brookings.edu)
  • I argue that in both the U.S. and China, national leaders' enthusiastic support for the Paris Agreement is significantly complicated by widely dispersed domestic opposition to ambitious climate action. (brookings.edu)
  • In a new article by Samson Mukanjari, IIIEE, and Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, have examined the effects of three events with major importance for climate policy on energy sector stocks were studied: the Paris Agreement, the Trump election and presidency, and the Biden election. (lu.se)
  • In this case, a warmer climate was likely more favorable for fire occurrence, but the development of deciduous trees on the landscape offset this direct climatic effect. (esa.org)
  • The agricultural sector relies heavily on synthetic pesticides to protect crops from pest damage and this reliance is predicted to increase in a future warmer and wetter climate. (lu.se)
  • The alliance will work in concert with the U.S. Global Climate Change Initiative, drawing on its expertise and experience grappling with climate change challenges in more than 50 developing countries. (beeculture.com)
  • It's a grassroots effort that complements the Playing for the Planet Alliance, a United Nations Environment Programme initiative where the CEOs of major platforms and games companies are committing to climate action. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Many of the big risks climate change presents are covered. (skepticalscience.com)
  • As an initial step in establishing government-wide priorities to manage climate risks, we recommended that the Executive Office of the President use information on economic effects to help identify significant climate risks and craft appropriate federal responses. (gao.gov)
  • According to several experts and prior GAO work, this information could help federal decision makers identify significant climate risks as an initial step toward managing such risks. (gao.gov)
  • The federal government has not undertaken strategic government-wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses. (gao.gov)
  • GAO was asked to review the potential economic effects of climate change and risks to the federal government. (gao.gov)
  • This report examines (1) methods used to estimate the potential economic effects of climate change in the United States, (2) what is known about these effects, and (3) the extent to which information about these effects could inform efforts to manage climate risks across the federal government. (gao.gov)
  • GAO recommends that the appropriate entities within the Executive Office of the President (EOP), including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, use information on potential economic effects to help identify significant climate risks and craft appropriate federal responses. (gao.gov)
  • The appropriate entities within the Executive Office of the President, including the Council on Environmental Quality, Office and Management and Budget, and Office of Science and Technology Policy, should use information on the potential economic effects of climate change to help identify significant climate risks facing the federal government and craft appropriate federal responses. (gao.gov)
  • This reports also documents the increasing risks from infectious diseases and from climate impacts on food and water safety and security. (canada.ca)
  • It is not scientifically possible to assign individual weather events to the current climate change, however, it can be statistically proven that global warming will increase the probability of extreme weather events. (myclimate.org)
  • As the global climate is a highly interconnected system that is influenced by many different factors, the consequences usually result in positive or negative feedback effects. (myclimate.org)
  • According to this, extensive ice surfaces have a cooling effect on the global climate, as a high proportion of radiation is reflected. (myclimate.org)
  • The higher the global rise in temperature, the more the climate system is affected, so that at a certain point, despite significant efforts, a reversal in the process is no longer possible. (myclimate.org)
  • To start the book, the authors discuss how the scientific method works, the importance of the precautionary principle, and how delaying actions have caused us to lose precious time in this global race to halt climate change. (skepticalscience.com)
  • Nicolini visited Korea for five days last week to attend the second Global Programming Conference organized by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and discuss Argentina joining the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • In something of a turnabout, the U.S. launches the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, designed to find ways to preserve the environment while creating a more sustainable path to food security. (beeculture.com)
  • The goal of FRAGMENT is to understand and constrain the global mineralogical composition of dust along with itseffects upon climate. (bsc.es)
  • The Obama administration has acknowledged the importance of methane as part of the president's Climate Action Plan, but federal agencies continue to use only 100-year methane global warming potentials and outdated values from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Second Assessment Report, which was released nearly 20 years ago. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Today's letter notes that short-term consequences are important both to avoid climate tipping points and to meet the U.S. commitment to contribute to maintaining global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • These costs will likely rise as the climate changes, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program. (gao.gov)
  • In some ways, this is the culmination of years-decades, even-of work by climate negotiators, who have long sought a global agreement that would have the strong support of all of the world's largest emitters. (brookings.edu)
  • Climate is only one control of fire regimes, and if you only considered climate when predicting fire under climate-change scenarios, you would have a good chance of being wrong," he says. (esa.org)
  • The report, like most climate studies, offers different scenarios for how fast the climate will change and by how much. (kpbs.org)
  • Nursing units with a negative learning climate reported more medication errors if they were also staffed by a lower proportion of registered nurses. (ahrq.gov)
  • I review the literature on the economic impacts of climate change, an externality that is unprecedentedly large, complex, and uncertain. (repec.org)
  • It's fine," he told reporters at the White House, although he said he doesn't believe the report's assessment that climate change will cause devastating economic impacts for the U.S. (kpbs.org)
  • 2016), to perform a consistent analysis of the climate it is initially necessary to identify a shared need in the school. (bvsalud.org)
  • ECLAC , the Climate Change Office (part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing, Food and Environment of the Government of Spain), and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria have developed a methodology specifically for evaluating the impacts of climate change in coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is now available for use by the countries of the region. (cepal.org)
  • It will be implemented by UNDP in collaboration with Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate (Zimbabwe) and the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development. (undp.org)
  • Accordingly, the underlying thesis of this article is that radical climate change is/will be fait accompli with consequences so far reaching that everything we are accustomed to today will change tomorrow. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • Several trends that manifest the consequences of radical climate change already exist. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • Climate change effects exist alongside deep-set gender inequalities, and its consequences only widen this gap as women and girls, who are custodians of the household, are stripped of resources set aside to look after their families. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Climate and scale in economic growth ," CSAE Working Paper Series 2000-13, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. (repec.org)
  • The project was treated as a priority theme within the National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS). (admin.ch)