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Gov. Brown signs AB 1532, investing in greenhouse gas reducing measures

Lotta Chan, Research Associate, California Food and Justice Coalition Unparalleled by any other state, California has stepped up to address climate change and associated threats to public health. Its...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Weekly Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world.Globally: "Climate Change Has Health...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Weekly Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world.United States: "Climate Change Not...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world. Global: "World Bank: Arab World Hit Hard by...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world. Namibia: "Climate Change Challenges the Health...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world.Global: "Blog: An Alarm in the Offing on Climate...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world. Global: "Resolving to Live the Change for...

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Climate Change and Health News Roundup!

Amanda Keifer The Climate Change and Health News Roundup is your place for all the latest news on the health effects of climate change around the world. United States:"Study shows climate change could...

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Climate Policy is Health Policy: The U.S. Climate Protection Act of 2013

Jeni Miller, PhD Since 2009, when the last attempt to enact comprehensive federal climate change legislation succumbed to a high-profile political failure, expensive and deadly natural disasters have...

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UN's International Year of Water Cooperation Brings Attention to Climate...

Jeni Miller, PhD Of the many ways that climate change threatens human health, its impact on water is among the most fundamental. On World Water Day today, the United Nations (UN) hosted events...

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Small Grant Opportunity: Climate Change and Health

Jeni Miller, PhD The Public Health Institute (PHI) is pleased to release a Request for Applications for Creating a Climate for Health Pilot Projects.With funding from the Kresge Foundation, PHI will...

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Adaptation Vanguard

Erin Middleton Over 500 people from across the nation convened at the inaugural National Adaptation Forum in Denver earlier this month. The conference was about how we, our communities and our nation...

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FAQ: Climate Change and Health Pilot Projects

Lotta Chan, MEM Creating a Climate for Health Pilot ProjectsFrequently Asked QuestionsUpdated 4/22/2013 Note: If you have a question about the pilot projects, please e-mail your question to Anita...

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Climate Justice, Hunger and Nutrition

Cristina Tirado, PhD   Currently there are nearly one billion hungry people and 60 percent of chronically hungry are women and girls. Children and women's under-nutrition is the underlying cause of...

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Worsening Wildfires Another Climate Change Threat to Health, and Another...

Jeni Miller, PhD This past week wildfires torched 28,000 acres in California, at one point threatening 4,000 homes in Ventura County before fire crews were able to begin to rein them in. Wood smoke...

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Fact Sheets for Climate and Health Advocates

Charlotta Chan, MEM Did you know?...By taking action on climate change,  you are protecting human health.Two fact sheets were developed by our team at ClimateHealthConnect to explain the synergies in...

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Addressing the Mounting Costs of an Extreme California

Jeni Miller, PhD Today in California, State Senator Fran Pavley chaired a hearing for the state’s Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation, to assess California’s...

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Biking for a Change

Charlotta Chan, MEM In celebration of National Bike Month this May, millions of people across the U.S. are leaving their car keys at home and taking to the streets to bike to where they need to go. By...

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PHI, APHA and Other Health Organizations Support U.S. Climate-Health Bill

Staff It is well established, if insufficiently acknowledged, that climate change is having and will continue to have significant harmful impacts on human health. A 2009 article in The Lancet...

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Healthy, Climate Resilient Farms for A Healthy U.S.

Jeni Miller, PhD Healthy, sustainable farms are the bedrock of a stable food supply, which in turn is the cornerstone of good nutrition and good health. Climate variability puts a tremendous strain on...

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