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Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health

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The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed to map out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary policy responses, in order to ensure the highest attainable stand-alone position on climate change.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-11-07 and is currently open access. It has received 1198 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Political economy of climate change & Health policy.

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Integrating Climate Change, the Environment, and Sustainability Themes Into Professional Health Sciences Courses: A Case Study Across a University System

TL;DR: In this article, a public research university system with six health science campuses, inspired and built a core group of health sciences faculty who could motivate and inform other faculty how to integrate climate change, sustainability, and environmental themes into their existing teaching and reach a critical mass of health science students prepared to meet the challenges of environmental changes.

The Potential Impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on public health Il potenziale impatto del partenariato transatlantico sul commercio e gli investimenti (TTIP) sulla salute pubblica

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the potential health effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) and conclude that, although proponents of the TTIP claim that the treaty will produce benefits to health-enhancing determinants such as economic growth and employment, evidence shows that previous trade liberalization policies are associated with increasing economic inequities.
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Is global dietary change an effective strategy to curb climate change

TL;DR: While food systems must be examined, it is also worth noting the differing impacts of the types of foods that the authors produce, particularly when the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted.
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Summary for Policymakers

TL;DR: The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) as mentioned in this paper identifies strategies that could help resolve the multiple challenges simultaneously and bring multiple benefits, including sustainable economic and social development, poverty eradication, adequate food production and food security, health for all, climate protection, conservation of ecosystems, and security.
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The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review

TL;DR: The Stern Review as discussed by the authors is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue, conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank.
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Stephen S Lim, +210 more
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs; sum of years lived with disability [YLD] and years of life lost [YLL]) attributable to the independent effects of 67 risk factors and clusters of risk factors for 21 regions in 1990 and 2010.
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World Energy Outlook

M.W. Thring
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