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. 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. 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. How will we prepare?. An Overview of the . Lower Santa Cruz River . Basin Study. Recent Headlines on Climate Change and Water. Warm weather reducing Colorado River runoff, study . finds . (AZ Daily Star, 3/11/16). 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. 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 . 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. Climate Change| A Human Health Perspective. 2. Source: NOAA NCDC / CICS-NC. . The colors on the map show temperature changes over the past 22 years (1991-2012) compared to the 1901-1960 average for the contiguous U.S., and to the 1951-1980 average for Alaska and Hawai'i. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. Lauma M. Jurkevics - DWR, Southern Region, Climate Change Specialist. March 27, 2013. Southern California Water Dialogue. DWR Climate Program. Team of managers, scientists, engineers,. 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. 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 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).. 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.