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Yale Climate Connections August 16, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘What’s the best kind of car for the climate?’
What it means to be human in an age of climate change
Storytelling is fueling climate conversations at Appalachian State University
Architectural history offers clues […]
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Study: Climate crisis and health of pregnant moms and children
This article discusses why children’s health is vulnerable to climate change, per the Canadian Paediatric Society. Society points to emerging health issues for kids that include heat-sickness and reduced air quality.
The Canadian Paediatric Society says it expects climate change to increasingly affect children’s health and is encouraging health-care providers […]
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Study: Global Warming is Worsening China’s Pollution Problems
This Inside Climate News article discusses a study that shows that global warming is worsening China’s pollution problems, studies show. A bit like 19th Century London’s smog, scientists found that more frequent periods of stagnant air will worsen China’s haze and health problems. So will heat waves.
“For Chinese policy makers […]
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What Worries Iceland? A World Without Ice. It Is Preparing. As rising temperatures drastically reshape Iceland’s landscape, businesses and the government are spending millions for survival and profit.
This NY Times article discusses Iceland and its preparation for a world without ice. From the offices of the fishing operation founded by his family two generations ago, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson has watched the massive Vatnajökull glacier shrink year after year. Rising temperatures have already winnowed […]
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MORE THAN 160 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WERE KILLED IN 2018, AND MANY OTHERS LABELED TERRORISTS AND CRIMINALS
This The Intercept article discusses how activists fighting global warming are being targeted and killed.
VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, was disturbed to learn that her name had been included on a list of “terrorists” allegedly affiliated with the Communist Party of the […]
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Report: B.C. could see ‘catastrophic’ consequences from climate change-related events in 30 years
This article discusses a report showing that B.C. could see ‘catastrophic’ consequences from climate change-related events in 30 years.
From increased wildfires to frequent local flooding to sustained periods of drought, B.C. is already feeling the effects of climate change.
But a startling new report from the provincial government suggests those effects […]
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Report: Climate crisis already causing deaths and childhood stunting
This The Guardian article discusses how the climate crisis is already causing deaths and childhood stunting, report reveals. ‘Insidious’ health-related impacts in Australia and Pacific include lowered cognitive capacity and spread of diseases.
Climate change is “absolutely” already causing deaths, according to a new report on the […]
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Non-communicable diseases and climate change: linked global emergencies
This Lancet article discusses non-communicable diseases and climate change: linked global emergencies.
In the annual University College London– Lancet Global Health Lecture in April, 2019, we called for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to be regarded as a global emergency and we compared the spread of NCDs to climate change, a […]
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Saving the Pacific islands from extinction
This Lancet editorial discusses saving the Pacific islands from extinction.
In 2017, up to 80% of deaths in the region were attributed to NCDs. Pacific islanders have among the highest rates of obesity and diabetes globally. There has been good progress to implement the Pacific NCD roadmap, […]
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Arctic Ice Is Crashing, and That’s Bad News For Everyone
This Vice article discusses how bad it is that Arctic ice is melting. This fits in exactly with our expectations of long-term climate change.’
Over the next few days, Greenland is expected to roast as the weather system that fueled Europe’s second record-smashing heatwave of the summer marches […]
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