by Jennifer Miller, PhD Today in California, State Senator Fran Pavley chaired a hearing for the state’s Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and […]
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Worsening Wildfires Another Climate Change Threat to Health, and Another Reason for Climate Action
by Jennifer Miller, PhD This past week wildfires torched 28,000 acres in California, at one point threatening 4,000 homes in Ventura County before fire […]
Climate Justice, Hunger and Nutrition
by Cristina Tirado, PhD Currently there are nearly one billion hungry people and 60 percent of chronically hungry are women and girls. Children […]
Adaptation Vanguard
by Erin Middleton Over 500 people from across the nation convened at the inaugural National Adaptation Forum in Denver earlier this month. The […]
Small Grant Opportunity: Climate Change and Health
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 […]
UN’s International Year of Water Cooperation Brings Attention to Climate Impact on Vital Human Resource
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Of the many ways that climate change threatens human health, its impact on water is among the most fundamental. On […]
Climate Policy is Health Policy: The U.S. Climate Protection Act of 2013
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Since 2009, when the last attempt to enact comprehensive federal climate change legislation succumbed to a high-profile political failure, expensive […]
Climate Policy is Health Policy: The U.S. Climate Protection Act of 2013
By Jennifer Miller, PhD Since 2009, when the last attempt to enact comprehensive federal climate change legislation succumbed to a high-profile political failure, […]
Gov. Brown signs AB 1532, investing in greenhouse gas reducing measures
by Lotta Chan, MEM Unparalleled by any other state, California has stepped up to address climate change and associated threats to public health. […]
How can we reshape food access and consumption patterns to ensure nutritional needs while fostering healthy and sustainable diets?
by Christina Tirado Unsustainable development, environmental degradation and climate change, volatile markets and governance issues have led to resource scarcity, poverty and food […]