PPT-Climate Change A Human Health Perspective

A Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health VectorBorne Diseases National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences The colors on the map show observed temperature changes over the past 110 years 19012012. Teresa . Myers. Center for Climate Change Communication. George . Mason University. “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. .”. Identify your Audience. Global Warming’s Six Americas . Toxic Intersections:. . Food. Energy. Inequality/Inequity. Driving & Exacerbated by. Climate . & Water Disasters. Maureen McCue MD PhD. Global Health Studies. Center Human Rights. International Programs. Andy Haines . Carbon dioxide measurements since 1957. Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The rise in carbon dioxide is due to our emissions. For every 100t of CO. 2. emitted now, 15-40t will remain in the atmosphere in1000y. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. Questions. August 2014. Q1.. Climate and weather are the same thing.. True . False. 2. A1.. Climate and weather are the same thing.. True . False. Weather is the current conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Climate is the pattern of weather over . . . UVI Caribbean Exploratory Research Center. 2016 Institute. . LaVerne E. Ragster, Ph.D.. CERC Research Associate . University of the Virgin Islands . Climate Change - our new world Environment. Module 1: Introduction to Climate Change. Module 1: Introduction to Climate Change. SECTION II: . IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 2.5. Climate Change and Human Health. Introduction to Climate Change (ICC). What is climate change and why does it matter for health We146ve all heard of it but what exactly is climate change Greenhouse gases act like a blanket around Earth trapping energy in the atmosphere H Change on Human Health. Climate Change| A Human Health Perspective. 2. The colors on the map show observed temperature changes over the past 110 years (1901-2012).. Source: IPCC, 2013: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis.. John Balbus, MD, MPH. Senior Advisor for Public Health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. NOAA/MADE CLEAR Climate Change . Academy. Towson, Maryland. August 9, 2017. The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives. Source: GAR (2015). Disaster datasets. Global. EMDAT. MunichRe. & . SwissRe. DesInventar. NZ. Insured (ICNZ). NZD 36.8B (1980-2017). ?. Anything broken?. Where is the risk?. Exclusive reliance on insurance (risk transfer). Key Message #1. 14. Ch. 14 | Human Health. The health and well-being of Americans are already affected by climate change, with the adverse health consequences projected to worsen with additional climate change. Climate change affects human health by altering exposures to heat waves, floods, droughts, and other extreme events; vector-, food- and waterborne infectious diseases; changes in the quality and safety of air, food, and water; and stresses to mental health and well-being.. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process.