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New NCCARF research call - funding available
Posted: 6 weeks 3 days ago
NCCARF have opened the call for expressions of interest in up to eight projects with a combined value of $600,000. These projects will synthesise the knowledge generated by NCCARF's 140 research projects to provide targeted information for decision makers in each Australian state and...
IPCC launches Special Report on Extreme Weather Events
Posted: 6 weeks 6 days ago
The IPCC has recently launced a new Special Report on Extreme Weather Events. The report contains a number of health related findings. The report assesses the evidence that climate change has led to changes in climate extremes and the extent to which policies to avoid prepare for, respond to...
Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research
Posted: 7 weeks 3 days ago
As part of the 'Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research' in Australia (McKeon Review) there will be a number of public consultations: Hobart 18 April 2012 Canberra 19 April 2012 Melbourne 1 May 2012 Darwin 8 May 2012 Melbourne 14 May 2012 (possible)...
WHO/IFMSA/Health Canada webinar on communicating Climate Change and Health
Posted: 7 weeks 3 days ago
The inaugural webinar of the WHO series on Climate Change and Health will be discussing Communicating Climate Change and Health. This will be taking place on the 4th April 2012 at 1800 GMT+1 The webinar will discuss how the public health community can best communicate the climate and health...
Identify and monitor health impacts of climate change in the context of adaptation
Posted: 8 weeks 2 days ago
A special journal issue titled 'Identify and monitor health impacts of climate change in the context of adaptation' has just been published in the of Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire. The special issue is available in English. The issue includes the following articles...
Global Environment Outlook 5 - United Nations Environment Programme
Posted: 10 weeks 3 days ago
The summary report for policy makers of the fifth Global Environment Outlook has recently been published and can be downloaded from the UNEP website. The report builds on previous reports and continues to provide an analysis of the state, trends and outlook of the global environment. It...
The Baltic Climate toolkit: Bringing data and resources to key actors in the public and private sectors
Posted: 10 weeks 3 days ago
Those considering creating climate change adaptation toolkits might be interested to know about 'The BalticClimate toolkit'. Available from the Baltic Climate website the toolkit provides an overview of climate science, as well as a closer look at climate change in the...
Making Adaptation Count: Concepts and Options for Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation
Posted: 10 weeks 3 days ago
A report is available from the World Resources Institute that provides adaptation and development practitioners with a practical framework for developing monitoring and evaluation systems that can track the success and failure of adaptation initiatives in the development context. The report...
Coping with climate change in the Pacific island region
Posted: 10 weeks 3 days ago
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is undertaking a program to improve coping with climate change within the region. According to the Secretariat the Pacific island states are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, with people not yet sufficiently prepared for...
Climate Change Adaptation: Responding to Health Issues
Posted: 11 weeks 4 days ago
What are we doing and what can we do about it? Adaptation for health – An expert panel discussion This is a special pre-NCCARF conference forum and precedes the Conference Registration Welcome Reception the day before the 2012 NCCARF conference About the panel discussion Climate...
