PPT-Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice

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. Climate Justice in BC: Lessons for Transformation. www.teachclimatejustice.ca. What is climate change?. Climate Change 101 – Questions. What is the difference between global warming and climate change?. Toxic Intersections:. . Food. Energy. Inequality/Inequity. Driving & Exacerbated by. Climate . & Water Disasters. Maureen McCue MD PhD. Global Health Studies. Center Human Rights. International Programs. Fiona Armstrong. convenor@caha.org.au. . www.caha.org.au. . Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Public Health Association of Australia, the Australian Psychological Society, Doctors for the Environment, Australia, the Australian Women’s Health Network, the Australian Nursing Federation, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australian Association of Social Workers, the Australian Hospitals and Healthcare Association, the Australian Rural Health Education Network, the Australian Council of Social Service, Australian Health Promotion Association, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, CRANA. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. 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. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. Is it getting worse?. Are Humans causing it?. Is Time running out?. Is there anything that should be done?. Is the “standard model” the only option?. Climate change?. . “Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Enrico Fermi 1938.. Resiliency Mentoring. Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Webinar #1 Cohort #1. Site Teams, Access Local Risks, Feedback & Resources. April 25, 2017. 2. Call in via Internet or Phone for Audio. Changing hazards, changing risks, and the need for robust risk management. Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH. Overview. Climate change . What’s happening and why. What health impacts we’ll see. Risks from environmental hazards. Emily Liu, an alumna of the Institute for the Environment’s 2017 Climate Leadership and Energy Awareness Program (Climate LEAP)and a senior at East Chapel Hill High School (ECHHS), recently recei Terms to Know. a change in the climate patterns of a place. when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible. small particles that are suspended in the air. colorless, odorless gas that is produced by burning fossil fuels like oil and gas. A Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate . Change on Human Health. Vector-Borne Diseases. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The colors on the map show observed temperature changes over the past 110 years (1901-2012).. Call to Action. 2. Disproportionately impacts marginalized and vulnerable populations. Women and girls. People with disabilities including vision impairment. People living in remote and rural areas. Photo: Light for the World. . Linda Varangu. Executive Director. Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Health . Care Facility Climate Change . Resiliency . Workshop . McGill University Health . Centre, . Montreal . Quebec.