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Changing Planet, Changing Health
How the Climate Crises Threatens our Health
& What We Can Do About It
by Paul Epstein, MD & Dan Ferber
Published by University of California Press   


Major Medical and Health Education & Research Institutions

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
Multiple Programs, Reports and Conferences
IHDP: a joint programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU), UNESCO's International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations University (UNU).

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Public Health Improvements Key to Adapting to Climate Change Risks

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Centre on Global Change and Health

WHO -- Regional Office for Europe
Global change and health

Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment
Home Page
Climate Change Futures
Full Climate Futures Report (142 page pdf)
Harvard Medical School






Health Canada / Santé Canada
Climate Change and Health   Les changements climatiques et la santé
Assessing the Health Risks   Évaluation des risques
Adapting to the Health Impacts   Adaptation aux effets
Knowledge, Research, Results   
Connaissances, résultats de recherche et partenariats


 World Health Organization
• Main Page: Global Environmental Change
• Climate Change and Human Health
• Climate Change and Health fact sheet
• FAQ's
• Climate Terminology for Health Practitioners
• Statement by WHO Director Gen. Margaret Chan on World Enviro Day
• Comparative Risk Assessment of the
  Burden of Disease from Climate Change (7 pg pdf)
• Climate Change and Developing-Country Cities:
  Implications For Environmental Health and Equity
• International experts discuss health threats due to Clim. Change in Asia
• Global climate change: implications for international public health policy
• Ecosystems and Health
• WHO Climate Change and Health Programme Activities


Global Warming and Your Health
• Main Article
• Death Rates Will Rise Because Of Global Warming, Researchers Warn
• Children At Increased Risk From Effects Of Global Climate Change, Report Says
• Climate Change To Bring A Wave Of New Health Risks
• Indonesia At Risk: Climate Change Threatens People And Nature
• European Heat Waves Double In Length Since 1880
• Future Heat Waves: More Severe, More Frequent And Longer Lasting
• Heat Dangers Forgotten In The Battle Against Air Pollution
• Climate Change May Increase Heat-related Deaths By 2050s, Says Study
Science Daily
-- Recommended to fellow educators by a professor in the field of medicine,
  an FTN participant.


Union of Concerned Scientists: Health and Medicine
Impacts on Health and Well-Being -- Great Lakes Region
Extreme Heat in Our Cities -- Northeast
Impacts on Health -- California
Ozone Alert -- California video


Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
Ross Gelbspan's Website
Articles on Disease and Climate Change


Climate Change and Human Health
US federal research on
possible human health effects 

Encyclopedia of Earth: Climate Change Collection




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