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Children at the Center
Climate change is not a distant problem for children to face someday. It is already shaping the places where children grow, learn, and play. From the air they breathe and water they drink to their homes, schools, and playgrounds…
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Local Action Is Still My Reason for Climate Optimism
Hello again, Climate for Health community. Almost five years ago, when I was newly at the helm of the American Public Health Association’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity, I introduced myself to you the same way I’m about to now: by answering the question I get asked more than any other. Where do you…
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Climate Solutions to Build Health Equity and Community Ownership
The path to climate and health solutions must balance thoughtful consideration of justice and equity issues and rapid implementation of essential mitigation and adaptation strategies…
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New Climate Change & Health Report Assesses States’ Preparedness
This week, Trust for America’s Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a new report, Climate Change & Health: Assessing State Preparedness. The report assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their level of preparedness for the health effects of climate change, as well as their vulnerability to…
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New Lancet Countdown Report Recommends Swift Action to Achieve Health Equity through Climate Action
On December 2, the 2020 global report of the Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change was released, along with the Policy Brief for the U.S. Each year, the Lancet Countdown tracks more than 43 indicators on links between health and climate change and this year presents the most worrying outlook to date as key…
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ecoAmerica’s newest piece in NEHA’s Journal of Environmental Health
ecoAmerica’s most recent contribution to the National Environmental Health Association’s Journal of Environmental Health was published in the December 2020 issue, “Ambition, Restoration, and Justice: A Path Forward on Climate Solutions.” Working at the intersections where people live, work, learn, and recreate, environmental health professionals are on the front lines of ambitious climate solutions that…
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Two Climate for Health Leadership Circle Members Call for a National Institute of Climate Change and Health
In a recent opinion piece in Scientific American, Drs. Howard Frumkin and Richard J. Jackson make the case for creating a National Institute of Climate Change and Health. “It would deliver needed insights to protect the public from the ravages of climate change, and it would create a world-class research workforce.” We know that climate change…
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Fight or Flight? Ideas on Building Resilient Communities
Since moving away from California eight years ago, I’ve longed to come back home. I spent the first 18 years of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area hiking, running, swimming, camping, skiing…basically taking advantage of all the outdoor recreation actives California has to offer. Through these experiences, my upbringing, and education, the values…
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Blooming Large: Tracking the Health Risks of Harmful Algae in a Tribal Community
The Salish Sea spans through what is currently known as Washington State and British Columbia and is blessed with an abundance of resources that have sustained the indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Coast Salish tribes continue to inhabit these regions harvesting important traditional foods. A common saying among Coast Salish Peoples is, “when the tide…
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Climate Ready Tribes Spotlight: Pala Band of Mission Indians
The United States is home to more than 570 individual federally-recognized Indian tribes. Each one of these distinct Tribal nations is facing the challenge of adapting to the effects of climate change. Tribes are disproportionately impacted not only by the environmental consequences of climate change, but also by the impact to traditional knowledge, cultural practices,…
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Watch Now, “Ambassadors in Action: Health Advocacy for Climate Solutions”
On our most recent Let’s Talk Climate episode, we were joined by Dr. Neelu Tummala, an ear, nose, and throat physician and clinical assistant professor of surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is on the Steering Committee for Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action, the Board for the Faith…
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Southeast Alaska Tribes Face Climate Change with Partnership
Southeast Alaska is a place like no other. Coastal brown bears stalk the shores, old growth forests grow tall and salmon serve as the lifeblood of the region. It is home to the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people, who have served as the environmental stewards of these lands since time immemorial. Their stewardship continues to…
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Introducing the National Indian Health Board Climate Ready Tribes Initiative
Every summer when I was a child, my father took my brother and me over to our Blackfeet reservation near Browning, Montana, for a big family reunion. While I looked forward to seeing my elders and cousins, horseback riding, and storytelling, I would get most excited about another season of huckleberry picking. I can close…
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Watch the Recording, “Vote Kids: Climate Change and the 2020 Election”
As we prepare to enter the voting booth this Election Day, partisan politics may dominate the headlines, but there are far more important issues at stake. Top of mind for many will be the climate health emergency, its effect on youth and their health, and striving for an equitable climate future, one that “Center[s] health…
