Tiempo Climate Portal
On the Web: Human health and climate change
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The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is an action and advisory group that aims to take a lead in accelerating the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels in the United Kingdom.
The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
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Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
About the Portal
The Tiempo Climate Portal provides access to carefully selected documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate and sustainable development. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon.
Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.
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Climate Change - Health and Environmental Effects
Overview of the subject of health and climate change from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Climate Change 2001: Human Health
IPCC Working Group II chapter on climate impacts on human health.
Climate Change and Human Health - Risks and Responses
Climate Change and Human Health - Risks and Responses, from the World Health Organization, seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond with particular focus on the health sector. Published 2003
Climate Change: Potential Effects on Human Health in New Zealand (0.4Mb download)
Climate Change: Potential Effects on Human Health in New Zealand, from the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, considers the implications of climate change for human health in New Zealand. Published September 2001
El Niņo and Human Health
In a Tiempo article, Sari Kovats and Mark Cresswell assess the potential benefits of seasonal forecasting for human health with particular regard to El Niņo events.
Human Health & Global Climate Change: A Review of Potential Impacts in the United States
Human Health & Global Climate Change, from the Pew Center, reports on potential climate effects on human health in the United States. Published December 2000
Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002
Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002, from the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, provides a risk assessment of various potential health impacts of climate change over the coming decades in Australia and, in specified instances, neighbouring populations of New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Published April 2003
Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002
Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002, from the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, provides a risk assessment of various potential health impacts of climate change over the coming decades in Australia and, in specified instances, neighbouring populations of New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Published April 2003
Autogenerated: 8 Sep 2008
Bright Ideas
Waste Management provides home recycling kits for compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries and electronics
Norwegian music festivals, Canal Street and Hove, have joined the Climate Neutral Network
The PlayPump water system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children
Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California
TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent
Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss
The CooKit is an inexpensive, lightweight solar cooker that can save scarce fuel in poor communities and be swiftly deployed in emergencies (video)
Kungsbrohuset, a new building to be built by Jernhusen in Stockholm, will be heated partly by body heat from the people who pass through the nearby Central Station
Petrotec produces biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, including waste frying oils, animal fats and virgin vegetable fats and oils
Over 90 per cent of waste materials generated during construction of the eco-friendly Del Sur Ranch House were diverted from landfills
New Belgium's brew kettle is up to 70 per cent more efficient than standard brew kettles because it only heats thin sheets of wort
The Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan presents a community-based strategy for coming down from the oil peak
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