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Catholic Social Teaching and Climate Change

Catholic Climate Covenant USCCB, USA (2019) CC

Accessed on 19 July 2019. Themes of Catholic Social Teaching important in the face of climate change.

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Climate change and communicable diseases: a manual for health workers

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (2011) C_WHO

There is a broad consensus nowadays that the Earth is warming up as a result of greenhouse gas emissions caused by anthropogenic activities. It is also clear that current trends in the fields of energy, development and population growth will lead to continuous and ever more dramatic climate change. ... more

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Code Red for Health response in Latin America and the Caribbean: Enhancing peoples' health through climate action

Yglesias_González; M.; et al. (2022) CC

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;00: 100248 Published online xxx https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248. The Lancet Countdown report, discuss the overlapping social, climate and health challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean, and urge multisectoral and political action to trans... more

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Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

Lee J. Y., Marotzke J., et al. (2021) C2

Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Success, failure, and the imperative for justice in climate negotiations

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Recent United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) have demonstrated that health professionals are playing an increasingly prominent role in calling for rapid action to address the climate crisis.

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GRID 2021 Internal displacement in a changing climate

Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (2021) C1

New displacements by conflict and disasters in 2020

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State of the Global Climate 2020

World Meteorological Organization (2020) C1

Concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, CO2 , CH4 , and N2 O, continued to increase despite the temporary reduction in emissions in 2020 related to measures taken in response to COVID-19. 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record. The past six years, including 2020, have been the si... more

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NCDs and climate change: Shared opportunities for action

NCD Alliance (2016) CC

The policy brief focuses on four key areas for intervention - air pollution, energy, transport and food systems. Air pollution causes 7 million deaths annually, and is a leading cause of both NCDs and climate change, thus all interventions to reduce air pollution have a positive impact on both human... more

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Climate Change, Migration and Displacement

Greenpeace Germany (2017) C2

What at first glance appears to be simple causality – climate change leading to more and more migration – has triggered intense academic debate over the past ten years because the circumstances are complex. There is need for a thorough analysis in the ground between denying the problem and asser... more

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Climate Change & Heat and Impact on Health
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Liebau, L.; and S. Mauder (2022) CC

MEDBOX Issue Brief no.23. The intent of this Issue Brief is to raise awareness about heat waves as a result of climate change and its impact on health. More information on the topic of climate change and planetary health you can find in our PLANETARY HEALTH TOOLBOX www.planetaryhealthbox.org

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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

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Advancing gender equality and climate action: A practical guide to setting targets and monitoring progress

Climate & Development Knowledge Network (2022) C1

Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and modern technology – that make people more resilient to climate change and other shocks and stressors.2 Women’s unequal access to resources, their disproportionate responsibility for ca... more

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Climate & Biodiversity

Expertise France (2021) C2

Expertise on #24 – Climate & Biodiversity - Expertise France

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Climate Solutions Double as Health Interventions

Mailloux, N.A. et al. (2021) CC

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(24), 13339; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413339 The climate crisis threatens to exacerbate numerous climate-sensitive health risks, including heatwave mortality, malnutrition from reduced crop yields, water- and vector-borne infectious diseases, and... more

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The World Climate and Security Report 2021

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) CC

The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security is a global assessment of the security dimensions of a changing climate and effective means to address them. It is intended to inform timely climate and security po... more

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K4D’s work around climate change and related issues (2016-2021)

Price, R. K4D (2021) C1

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Antimicrobial Resistance and the Climate Crisis

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Information note of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic

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COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The 10 recommendations in the COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments and policy makers, calling on them to act with urgency on the current climate and health crises. The recommendations were developed in ... more

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Climate Change for Health Professionals: A Pocket Book
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

With this quick reference guide, providers can easily recognize diseases and side effects related to climate change, implement appropriate management and provide guidance to exposed populations, provide up-to-date information on the relationship between the adverse effects of certain drugs and the w... more

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The global climate in 2015–2019

World Meteorological Organization (2019) CC

Compared to the previous five-year assessment period 2011–2015, the current five-year period 2015–2019 has seen a continued increase in carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions and an accelerated increase in the atmospheric concentration of major greenhouse gases (GHGs), with growth rates nearly 20% high... more

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Climate Change & Heat and Impact on Health
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Climate Change for Health Professionals: A Pocket Book
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