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Resilient Cities Network and Yale University Join Forces To Tackle the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health in Cities
Resilient Cities Network and Yale University, through collaboration across the Yale Schools of Public Health, Environment, and Nursing, and with generous support from The Rockefeller Foundation, are embarking on an initiative to identify and promote cutting-edge solutions that are helping cities address climate-related health challenges, preventing millions of deaths and direct health costs associated with climate change.
Source: The Rockefeller Foundation
4 Dec 2023
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Five things to know about climate change and health going into COP 28
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change – is taking place from November 30 through December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Drs. Robert Dubrow, MD, and Jodi Sherman, MD, from the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, highlight the latest findings of the annual Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change in advance of this year's international gathering.
28 Nov 2023
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Climate anxious? Here’s how you can turn apprehension into action
In recent years, the term “climate anxiety” has gone from obscure to familiar, underscoring a growing awareness of how witnessing escalating climate disasters affects our mental health. YSPH Clinical Psychologist Sarah Lowe offers suggestions to help people manage their emotional and cognitive reactions to our rapidly changing environment.
Source: The Guardian
16 Nov 2023
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Yale study: Polluted air can negatively impact children’s test scores
A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health finds air pollution may negatively impact standardized test scores.
14 Nov 2023
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Climate anxiety is real and can be debilitating. But there are reasons for optimism
Climate anxiety is no joke. YSPH Associate Professor Sarah Lowe has been studying the topic in depth, and she characterizes it as: “Distress about climate change … that can manifest as intrusive thoughts or feelings of distress about future disasters or the long-term future of human existence.”
Source: Daily Kos
17 Oct 2023
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6 ways climate change hurts your health—and what you can do about it
The summer of 2023 was the hottest in history. Global warming has resulted in record-breaking temperatures that don’t just make it unbearable to be outside—they’re taking a massive toll on our climate and health. Assistant Professor Kai Chen says heat can also trigger inflammation and impact the heart.
Source: Fortune
12 Oct 2023
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Wildfires, heat waves make carbon-free energy imperative in CT
In this commentary, Yale School of Public Health Professor Robert Dubrow argues that burning fossil fuels and building new fossil fuel infrastructure is a disaster for the climate and for public health and that we therefore must convert from fossil fuels to carbon-free energy with all deliberate speed and must stop building new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Source: CT Mirror
6 Oct 2023
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Canadian wildfire smoke associated with increased asthma cases in NYC
A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health confirms that harmful smoke from wildfires is capable of traveling great distances and can impact the health of people hundreds of miles away.
5 Oct 2023
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Severe flooding linked to increased diarrhea risk in children
Weather patterns driven by climate change are causing more severe flooding around the globe increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening diarrhea among children under the age of five, particularly among those living in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
2 Oct 2023
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Crisis in the air: the mental health implications of the 2023 Canadian wildfires
Early June 2023 was marked by an unprecedented disaster: wildfire smoke emanating from Quebec (Canada) spread throughout the northeastern USA. This so-called crisis in the air threatens physical and mental health.
Source: The Lancet
12 Sep 2023
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US environmental laws are cleaning up air. But benefits vary across racial groups, study finds
Poor air quality has been a major concern this year in New England, but a new Yale-led study is highlighting how certain racial groups have suffered disproportionate health impacts from air pollution for years.
Source: Connecticut Public Radio
12 Sep 2023
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New Haven neighborhood has the most people vulnerable to extreme heat
In Connecticut, an estimated 2.6 million people, more than half of the total population, are vulnerable to extreme heat, according to NBC’s analysis of the data.
Source: NBC Connecticut
7 Sep 2023
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Where dangerous heat is surging
The world is experiencing a surge in extremely hot days that put human health at risk, with the threat concentrated in some of the places least prepared to cope, according to an analysis of climate data by The Washington Post and CarbonPlan, a nonprofit that develops publicly available climate data and analytics.
Source: The Washington Post
5 Sep 2023
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How the Maui wildfires are affecting people's physical and mental health
The impacts of wildfires go beyond evacuations and damaged buildings. Experts say the fires are also affecting residents' and tourists' physical health and could have impacts on their mental health.
Source: ABC News
11 Aug 2023
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Yale study: Abnormally hot days could impact your cognitive skills
Abnormally hot days could have consequences for everyday thinking, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health warns.
27 Jun 2023
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Clinic Aims to Co-Create New Approach to Environmental Justice
The Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Environmental Protection Clinic (EPC) at Yale Law School partnered with Elevate Policy Lab of the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine to build out a new model of environmental justice practice grounded in civic engagement methods.
Source: YLS Today
30 May 2023
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Deziel testifies to health risks of oil and gas exploration
The health impacts of living near an oil or gas well include increased adverse pregnancy outcomes, childhood cancers, hospitalizations, asthma exacerbations, mental health issues, and mortality among the elderly.
4 May 2023
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YSPH Revamps Climate Change and Health Certificate
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health’s online certificate program has been redesigned and recently launched. Dr. Daniel Carrión, YCCCH Director of Education, noted that "one of the opportunities to improve was to make sure that we are covering more content about other parts of the world, and then to do a more explicit job bringing in issues of justice and equity as we think about climate change."
Source: Yale Daily News
4 Apr 2023
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Yale Experts Explain Climate Anxiety
Several Yale researchers are at the forefront of studying the rising tide of climate anxiety and ways to ameliorate it.
Source: Yale Sustainability
21 Mar 2023
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Yale Expertise, Illuminated
Yale alumni and friends gather in New York City for “Cities and Climate Solutions.”
Source: The Yale Campaign
9 Mar 2023