PPT-Climate Change & Water Health Challenges

Toxic Intersections Food Energy InequalityInequity Driving amp Exacerbated by Climate amp Water Disasters Maureen McCue MD PhD Global Health Studies Center Human Rights International Programs. Professor David Schlosberg. Department of Government and International Relations. Overview of the Challenges. C. limate change challenges us to adapt – it’s too late for prevention. Climate change challenges the relationship between science, knowledge, progress, and democracy. Maureen McCue MD PhD. Coordinator Iowa PSR. &. University of Iowa. Global Health Studies/Human Rights. Discussion Goals—an outline of sorts. Who is in the audience, what are their interests, backgrounds? Climate Change Personal Meanings. resources of the western U.S.. Dennis P. Lettenmaier. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Washington. University of . Texas Austin. Center for Integrated Earth System Science Seminar Series. Catherine Thomasson, MD . Physicians for Social Responsibility. Risk Factors for Conflict. Competition for scarce resources. Migration. Partial social structures/gov’t control. Demographic & economic inequities . Catherine Thomasson, MD . Physicians for Social Responsibility. Risk Factors for Conflict. Competition for scarce resources. Migration. Partial social structures/gov’t control. Demographic & economic inequities . 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 . Toxic Intersections:. . Food. Energy. Inequality/Inequity. Driving & Exacerbated by. Climate . & Water Disasters. Maureen McCue MD PhD. Global Health Studies. Center Human Rights. International Programs. 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 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. Dr. Agnes Soares, Regional Advisor, SDE, PAHO/WHO. CLIMATE AND HEALTH SUMMIT. ALONG SIDE THE 20. TH. CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES. LIMA, PERU, 6. TH. DECEMBER 2014. 1. Regional Plan of Action on Climate Change. Determinants of health. Person’s individual characteristics and behaviors. Physical environment. Social and economic environment. Source: www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/. Potential . impacts of . climate . Tatiana Unguryanu. Northern State Medical University. Arkhangelsk, Russia. Major human-health implications of climate change. 2. Climate . change. Impact on a human. Regional . weather changes. Warm waves. 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.