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Q&A analysis: Climate change and health care—how individuals and institutions can help

Tue, 2024-04-23 11:10 — mike kraft

Q&A: Climate change and health care—how individuals and institutions can help

 

Unseasonably mild winters. Forest fires and smoke. More reports of catastrophic storms. We've experienced increasingly extreme weather changes in the past few years, and the intersection between environmental issues and health is a pressing concern.

Myles Sergeant is an assistant clinical professor in McMaster's Department of Family Medicine who is deeply involved in efforts locally, provincially and nationally to reverse the effects of climate change. ...

We spoke with Sergeant about the dangers of climate change, the power individuals and the health care sector have to make more sustainable choices, and why he hasn't lost hope to save our "frail planet."

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Climate changes and rising ocean heat are driving global coral bleaching

Mon, 2024-04-15 17:38 — mike kraft
Ocean heat is driving a global coral bleaching event, and it could be the worst on record | CNN At least 54 countries are experiencing mass coral bleaching as the climate crisis drives ocean temperatures to record-breaking levels Rebecca Wright CNN

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U.S. Interior Department will grant tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats

Mon, 2024-04-15 10:15 — mike kraft
Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats The Interior Department will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change. AP News

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The funding is designed to help tribal nations adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure.

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Sweden will miss its climate goals without policy changes--environment agency

Fri, 2024-04-12 10:50 — mike kraft
Sweden will miss its climate goals without policy changes, environment agency says Sweden will not reach its climate targets without further political action to cut carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday. Greta Rosen Fondahn Reuters

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World leaders have two years to save the planet --U.N. climate chief

Wed, 2024-04-10 10:18 — mike kraft
U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet Governments, business leaders and development banks have two years to take action to avert far worse climate change, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday, in a speech that warned global warming is slipping down politicians' agendas. Simon Jessop,Kate Abnett Reuters
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New York: Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise

Tue, 2024-04-09 11:32 — mike kraft
New York map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise New York City and swaths of Long Island are vulnerable to being consumed by the rising ocean as sea ice melts in the coming century. Newsweek

Parts of Manhattan, Long Beach and Coney Island are at risk of being consumed by water as sea levels rise due to the effects of climate change in the coming century, modeling suggests.

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Climate-warming refrigerant gases are being smuggled into Europe-- investigation

Mon, 2024-04-08 17:53 — mike kraft
Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday. David Stanway Reuters

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Texas Coastal Areas Will Partially Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise--projects map

Mon, 2024-04-08 11:40 — mike kraft

Texas Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise

Coastal areas along Texas's stretch of the Gulf of Mexico could be vulnerable to being consumed by water as sea levels rise due to the effects of climate change, modeling suggests.

By the year 2100, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates there will be between 43 and 84 centimeters (1.4-2.8 feet) of sea level rise, but that an increase of 2 meters (6.6 feet) "cannot be ruled out."

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Southern Africa: Tens of millions face hunger and water shortages from drought in the region

Mon, 2024-04-08 11:06 — mike kraft
Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa | CNN More than 24 million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity as experts warn the crisis could become an “unimaginable humanitarian situation” Sarah Dean CNN

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The warning from Oxfam on Wednesday came as Zimbabwe joined other southern African nations in declaring its drought a national disaster, following earlier declarations by Zambia and Malawi....

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Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

Fri, 2024-04-05 10:36 — mike kraft
How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT
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