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Climate and Health editor's pick

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs266/en/

a WHO fact sheet that explains the impacts of anticipated climate changes on human health and welfare

Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Air Quality Now popular

http://www.epa.gov/airnow/

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

the U.S. EPA provides real time air monitoring data that tells you how clean the air is and whether it will affect your health

Added: Oct. 21, 2003 | Rate It

Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular

http://www.grocc.ei.columbia.edu/

4 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change

Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It

Center for Health and the Global Environment

http://chge.med.harvard.edu/

Harvard Medical School seeks to expand environmental education at medical schools and to further investigate and promote awareness of the human health consequences of global environmental change

Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It

Centre on Global Change and Health

http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/cgch/

brings together multidisciplinary expertise and experience from life sciences, public health and social sciences to understand and develop policy responses to the impact of globalization on health and environment

Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

China Air Pollution Map

http://air.ipe.org.cn/en/qyInfoEn.do

provides air quality information for China including national and regional air pollution maps

Added: Dec. 23, 2007 | Rate It

Climate Centre

http://www.climatecentre.org/

supports the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people

Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Climate Change and Human Health

http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/

a World Health Organization (WHO) site that provides information about the links between climate change and health

Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Climate Change Health Impacts in Australia

http://www.acfonline.org.au/uploads/res/res_ama_acf_full_report.pdf

report on the effects of dramatic carbon dioxide emission reductions; concludes that policy action to control greenhouse gas emissions, if taken decisively and soon, will reduce the extent and severity of climate change impacts on the health of Australians(pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Environmental Health Coalition

http://www.environmentalhealth.org/

works to fight toxic pollution, protect public health and promote environmental justice

Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It

Extreme Heat

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/

provides information about how to prevent or deal with the effects of extreme heat

Added: Aug. 04, 2008 | Rate It

Global Climate Change: Implications for International Public Health Policy

http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-039503/en/

the World Health Organization explores the expected impacts of climate change on public health policy

Added: Oct. 18, 2005 | Rate It

Global Environmental Change and Health

http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

an introduction to how climate and weather affect human health; from the World Health Organization's Protection of the Human Environment web site

Added: Jul. 02, 2001 | Rate It

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

http://www.greenroofs.org/

an industry association working to promote the use of green roofs throughout North America

Added: Nov. 09, 2009 | Rate It

Heat-Waves.org

http://heat-waves.org/

various public and private organizations have combined their resources for the purpose of developing a deeper understanding of the dynamics and consequences of climate change in urban areas

Added: Aug. 04, 2008 | Rate It

Internet-Based Health and Air Pollution Surveillance System

http://www.ihapss.jhsph.edu/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

provides published material, software and data to monitor the association between air pollution and mortality and morbidity in U.S. cities

Added: Nov. 20, 2004 | Rate It

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

http://www.rivm.nl/en/

a Dutch research organization that functions as an advisory body on public health and environmental issues, including global change; has expertise in integrated global change assessment modeling

Added: Jul. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of

http://epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/GHGEndangermentProposal.pdf

EPA's proposed rule that greenhouse gases and emissions from motor vehicles constitute a danger to the public health under the Clean Air Act (pdf)

Added: May. 03, 2009 | Rate It

Science Communication Network

http://www.sciencecommunicationnetwork.org/

dedicated to encouraging environmental public health scientists and medical practitioners to contribute to public discussions about their work through the media and thereby elevate the quality and quantity of environmental health reporting

Added: Mar. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Stop Killing Us

http://stopkillingus.org/

campaign to identify and develop an awareness of those areas in Africa that have been adversely affected by climate change and to develop projects to mitigate those effects

Added: Dec. 31, 2006 | Rate It

Take a Bite Out of Climate Change

http://www.takeabite.cc/

the Small Planet Institute fosters a global food system that mitigates the climate crisis, protects natural resources, and provides nourishing, safe, fairly produced food for everyone

Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Up in Smoke

http://www.upinsmokecoalition.org/

report by Working Group on Climate Change and Development which concludes that global warming threatens to reverse human progress, and make the international targets on halving global poverty by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals, unattainable

Added: Dec. 07, 2004 | Rate It