Sentences with phrase «health and climate»

«HEARTLAND INSTITUTE EXPERTS REACT TO OBAMA»S EFFORT TO LINK HUMAN HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE,» Heartland Institute, April 7, 2015.

«As a result, the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the WHO all recommend the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies to protect human health... Ultimately fossil fuel subsidies pay the polluter instead of making the polluter pay.»

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Posted in Adaptation, Agriculture, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Environment, Food, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, Mitigation, News, Vulnerability, Weather Comments Off on Resilient Agriculture Water Reservoirs Crucial For Pakistan Scientists

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The question of how fast a transition society could tolerate is important in public health, too, says Nick Watts, executive director of the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change.

Posted in Advocacy, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Disaster and Emergency, Disasters and Climate Change, Environment, Flood, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Lessons, News, Population, Vulnerability, Water Comments Off on Non Life Insurers Plan Disaster Fund

Posted in Development and Climate Change, Disaster and Emergency, Disasters and Climate Change, Environment, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Land, Lessons, News, Vulnerability, Water Comments Off on Role Of Ecosystem Services In Climate Change Adaptation and DRR

Future courses feature NWEI's Choices for Sustainable Living, Sustainable Systems at Work, as well as health and climate change issues.

Posted in Development and Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Green House Gas Emissions, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Land, Lessons, Migration, News, Resilience, Urbanization, Vulnerability Comments Off on Time To Adapt To Climate Change in Biggest Cities

Last year saw the release of the much referenced Lancet report Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health.

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Posted in Development and Climate Change, Green House Gas Emissions, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Lessons, Nepal, Resilience, UNFCCC, Vulnerability Comments Off on LDCs In UNFCCC To Confer In June

Posted in Adaptation, Advocacy, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Disasters and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Environment, Governance, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, India, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Lessons, News, Opinion, Resilience, Water Comments Off on India's Law To Feed Poor Threatens To Gobble Up Climate Funding

Posted in Advocacy, Capacity Development, Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Disaster and Emergency, Disasters and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Flood, Governance, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Opinion, Pakistan, Resilience, Vulnerability Comments Off on Strategic Changes: «Pakistan Has Complex Issues Due To Climate Change»

Posted in Adaptation, Advocacy, Agriculture, Bangladesh, Biodiversity, Capacity Development, Financing, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Land, Lessons, News, Opinion, Resilience, UNFCCC, Vulnerability, Water Comments Off on Vulnerable Communities Tackling Climate Change Best Teachers

Join the Multisolving team as they share the findings from their new report, Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate, on how people around the world create health benefits while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, often increasing social equity and saving money at the same time.

And if you're looking for another way to take action, you can download our free e-book, Right Under Your Feet: Soil Health and the Climate Crisis, which gets into the details of how climate change impacts the two most basic things we need to survive — our water and our food.

Posted in Adaptation, Development and Climate Change, Disaster and Emergency, Disasters and Climate Change, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, News, Research, Resilience, Urbanization, Vulnerability, Weather Comments Off on Coastal Cities To Pay High Price For Climate Change

The proposed coal export and oil transport terminals pose a host of dangers to Northwest communities, our economy, our health and our climate.

Posted in Advocacy, Biodiversity, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Environment, Health and Climate Change, International Agencies, Lessons, News, Pollution, Research, Resilience, Vulnerability, Water Comments Off on Climate Change Threatens Global Fish Stocks

Posted in Climatic Changes in Himalayas, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Lessons, Nepal, Population, Research, Resilience, Vulnerability Comments Off on Climate Change Calls For Localized Research, Technology, knowledge

Posted in Advocacy, Carbon, Development and Climate Change, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Resilience, Technologies, Vulnerability Comments Off on Why We'd be Mad to Rule Out Climate Engineering

«It puts an end to the false trade - off that energy access and development must be gained at the expense of public health and our climate.

Facilitate collaboration between Ministries of Health and other government departments, empowering health professionals and ensuring that health and climate considerations are thoroughly integrated in government - wide strategies

To help drive this transition, the 2015 Lancet Commission will develop an independent Countdown to 2030: Global Health and Climate Action, designed to monitor progress on the implementation of climate change policies that promote health over the next 15 years.

Posted in Advocacy, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Global Warming, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Lessons, News, Research, Resilience, Vulnerability Comments Off on Climate Change And Mosquito - Borne Diseases In China: A Review

Posted in Adaptation, Advocacy, Biomass, Carbon, Development and Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Government Policies, Green House Gas Emissions, Health and Climate Change, International Agencies, Lessons, Nepal, News, Opinion, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Technologies, Urbanization Comments Off on Stop Climate Change: Together We Can!

Posted in Advocacy, Biodiversity, Capacity Development, Development and Climate Change, Ecosystem Functions, Environment, Governance, Government Policies, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, International Agencies, Land, Lessons, News, Research, Resilience, Vulnerability, Weather Comments Off on Cheese Production To Climate Protection: Peruvian Case

Posted in Adaptation, Development and Climate Change, Financing, Green House Gas Emissions, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, International Agencies, News, Research, Resilience, Vulnerability Comments Off on Four Ways The Green Climate Fund Can Support

The 2015 UCL - Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change was formed to map out a comprehensive response to climate change, in order to ensure the highest attainable standards of health for populations worldwide.

The health and climate benefits could be significant, but much more research is needed — both on the efficacy and on the potential risks.

«Converting to wind, water and sunlight is feasible, will stabilize costs of energy and will produce jobs while reducing health and climate damage,» said Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering.

«This is a big problem, bigger than outdoor air pollution or dirty water,» said Kirk Smith, an expert in health and climate effects of household energy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.

The LCV, which has been scoring lawmakers» actions on environment, public health and climate issues for nearly 50 years, awarded Senate Republicans a record low average 1 percent score, with 46 Senators receiving a score of zero — meaning «they voted against the environment and public health at every opportunity» in 2017.

A leaking natural gas storage field continues to belch thousands of tons of methane into the air every week, causing health and climate concerns.

The Obama administration claimed the CPP would only cost $ 8.4 billion and deliver public health and climate benefits ranging from $ 14 to $ 34 billion by 2030.

This week in Geneva at the Conference on Health and Climate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on national and local policymakers to take action with a focus on preventative measures to lessen future impacts of climate change on health.

In Surat, the Urban Health Climate Research Centre has been set up to address public health and climate change and is being funded by the Surat Municipal Corporation.

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WASHINGTON (June 22, 2015)-- The Lancet Commission on Health and Climate released a report today warning that climate change poses both the greatest threat to health in the 21st Century and the greatest opportunity to protect public health by pursuing a reduction of fossil fuels and an expansion of clean energy.

Posted in Health and Climate Change, News, Vulnerability Comments Off on U.S. to Launch «Climate Hubs» to Help Farmers Face Climate Change

Posted in Adaptation, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Development and Climate Change, Environment, Health and Climate Change, Information and Communication, Lessons, News, Research Comments Off on Climate Alters Global Vegetation

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Posted in Development and Climate Change, Health and Climate Change, News Comments Off on Africa: Unep 2013 Annual Report Spotlights Action On Key Environmental Issues

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Posted in Health and Climate Change, News, Research Comments Off on Climate Change will Reduce Population of Many Marine Organisms by 2100, Researchers Say