PPT-4/21/2008 1 Extreme weather, water and health

First Meeting of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events Rome 21 22 April 2008 4212008 2 Climate change will affect in profoundly adverse ways some of the most fundamental determinants of health food air water. ISO 9001:2008 certied DuPont ™ Krytox Introduction. Before the end of June 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared the year as being among the most extreme weather-event years in recorded U.S. history (. Closing points. Research Outputs. Briefing: Heat wave coping measures for housing. . Porritt. , S., . Goodier. , C. I., and Shao, L.. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Energy. Vol.162(3) pp 101-103, 2009. February 11, 2013. National Weather Service. Detroit/Pontiac, MI. http://www.weather.gov/dtx. Email: . w-dtx.webmaster@noaa.gov. Decision Support Briefing. Highlights. Event Summary. Southwest wind gusts of . January 30. , 2015. National Weather Service. Detroit/Pontiac, MI. http://www.weather.gov/dtx. Email: . w-dtx.webmaster@noaa.gov. Decision Support Briefing. Highlights. Event . Potential for Accumulating Snow Sunday. Highest Totals Expected . for extreme weather events. Project overview . January 21, 2016. Funded By:. **Please mute your line to minimize any background noise or interruptions, and type any questions you have into the chat box.. 2015 VMC Annual Conference. “Insect eats it’s way across Vermont!”. Pear . thrips. defoliating sugar maple forests. Spring phenology monitoring. Forest songbirds. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Learning Objective:. To know the evidence that suggest the UK weather is becoming more extreme. To understand the impact of more extreme weather on people’s homes and lives, agriculture, health, transport- benefits and costs and issues raised- the need for more adequate warning, preparation, plans to deal with impacts. . Extreme Events in New Mexico. What extreme weather events have you experienced? . What can you tell us about them? . What do we mean “Extreme Events?”. Extreme Heat. El Niño events. Winter Weather. When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing ____.. Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, that form when air currents rise are called ____ clouds.. Edward P. Richards, JD, MPH. Clarence . W. Edwards Professor of . Law. LSU . Law School. richards@lsu.edu. National Security Threats. Destabilization of political regimes and demographic catastrophes. Edward P. Richards, JD, MPH. Director, Program in Law, Science, and Public Health. Clarence W. Edwards Professor of Law. LSU Law School. richards@lsu.edu. http://biotech.law.lsu.edu. http://sites.law.lsu.edu/coast. 1Keeping Cool and Staying Healthy During Extreme HeatExtreme heat events are one of the most common causesof weather-related deaths in the United StatesAnd the number of heat-related deaths is risingM An activity for . Climate Change, A Human Health Perspective. A Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate . Change on Human Health in the United States. A warmer future is projected to lead to “on the order of thousands to tens of thousands of additional premature deaths per year across the United States by the end of this century” from heat.  Any reduction in cold-related deaths is projected to be smaller than the increase in heat-related deaths in most regions. .