Climate Change & You
The Institute for Environmental Tribal Professional’s Tribes & Climate Change website includes information about climate change, impacts on tribes, adaptation and resilient community planning, audio files of elders, numerous resources, and more. Visit http://www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/.
The Medical and Public Health Impacts of Global Climate Change | Physician’s for Social Responsibility
As scientific evidence continues to mount that the earth’s climate is rapidly changing, it is clear that global warming is no longer just a prediction. Beyond the serious and potentially irreversible impacts on physical and biological systems, a growing body of research also suggests that global warming will adversely affect public health in a number of important ways.
¸ www.psr.org/resources/the-medical-and-public-health-impacts-of-global-warming.pdf
A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change (Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health)
This report is organized around 11 broad human health categories likely to be affected by climate change. Each category is broken into sections that introduce the topic, explain its relationship to climate change, and identify the basic and applied research needs of that category, as well as crosscutting issues where relevant. Published by Environmental Health Perspectives and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. April 2010. Download the pdf: www.niehs.nih.gov/health/docs/climatereport2010.pdf.
Two new guidebooks are designed to help health-related agencies and organizations cope with climate change. “Ready for Change: Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change” outlines steps and strategies involved with proactively planning for the health threats posed by climate change. “Leading by Example: Emissions Reductions in Public Health Agencies” outlines steps involved with analyzing and reducing internally generated carbon emissions. Each section identifies vulnerable populations, and actions and associated costs and capacity needs. Case studies are provided throughout the document such as a training program by mental health professionals for community leaders to provide crisis counseling during extreme events and disasters.
Climate Change and Water Supplies
Key Messages on Climate Change and Water. From UN-Water: http://www.unwater.org/downloads/UNWclimatechange_EN.pdf
Alaska
CAKE—Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (EcoAdapt and Island Press) is an online climate change adaptation website for people working on environmental management issues in the face of climate change. It includes a case study database of adaptation projects and ideas; a virtual library with resources such as journal articles, presentations, reports, and more; a directory of professionals practicing climate change adaptation; a community section with an adaptation expert advice column, calendar, and announcement board; and a tools section with list tools available online to help you process climate change information and make adaptation decisions. Among the case studies are 1) “Documenting Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northwest Alaska,” 2) “Relocating the Village of Newtok, Alaska due to Coastal Erosion,” and 3) “The Igliniit Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project.”
www.cakex.org/
Living in a Changing Alaska (Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks) is a new website designed to help individuals and families in small communities plan for the impacts of climate change in Alaska. Has an adaptation planning tool and a manual that guide the user through steps of the planning process. Although written for Alaska, it can be used and adapted by communities in other parts of the country. Provides fact sheets on ocean acidification, climate change and subsistence, and sea level rise and storm surge. Coming in the next few months will be videos, additional fact sheets, and an annotated list of resources for further information.
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/map/climate/index.php
Alaska Climate Dispatch. The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP, University of Alaska Fairbanks) has developed a prototype climate information tool in partnership with the Alaska Climate Research Center, SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, and the National Weather Service. The quarterly Alaska Climate Dispatch provides seasonal weather and climate summaries as well as Alaska weather, wildfire, and sea ice outlooks in one easily accessible document. It is distributed electronically and also available on the website.
http://ine.uaf.edu/accap/dispatch.htm
