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Health Thematic Guide
a major role in global environmental change, with increases in In turn, these andother global environmental changes All constituents of the environment of our
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Extractions: CIESIN Thematic Guides * Provisional Release * Welcome to the CIESIN Thematic Guide on Human Health. The purpose of this guide is to help you find selected key documents and data sets vital to understanding the relationship between human health and global environmental change. Health as defined in the World Health Organization's constitution is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The state of health of an individual or population depends upon complex i nteractions of the physical, biological, political, and social domains. Over the past century, human activities and behavior have played a major role in global environmental change, with increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, depletion of the stratosp heric ozone layer, loss of biodiversity, pollution of water resources, and degradation of soils. In turn, these and other global environmental changes are beginning to affect the health and welfare of human populations. According to the United Nations Env ironment Programme (1992) in Saving Our Planet , "All constituents of the environment of our planet ultimately exert an influence on human health and well-being." Only recently have scientists begun to explore these influences, and most of the liter ature currently available focuses on the effects of climate change.
Pew Center On Global Climate Change
Advocates taking action to arrest climate changeCategory Society Issues environment Climate changeNew report Forests global Climate change Potential Impacts on USForest Resources February 26, 2003 Full Report, Press Release,
http://www.pewclimate.org/
STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (SEI) - Homepage
Independent, international research institute specialising in sustainable development and environment issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels. Aims to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability. These goals are linked to the principles advocated in Agenda 21 and the Conventions such as Climate change, Ozone Layer Protection and Biological Diversity.
http://www.sei.se/

Extractions: Executive Director: Roger Kasperson On the SEI Website: About SEI News Milestones Board Factsheets Courses SEI Centres - Boston - Stockholm - Tallinn - York SEI Oxford Office Staff PROGRAMMES Atmos.Environment Sus. Development Water Resources Publications - List - Search - Downloads - RED Newsletter SEI Library SEI Jobs - Job Sites Sitemap Contact SEARCH ABOUT SEI "This Reader contains 16 important contributions on how to improve transport globally. They are based on sound science, sound people-centred analysis, and a strong awareness of equity and human rights. And they have been selected for their originality, the importance of the issues they focus on, the quality of their insight and their practical relevance. A further 7 commissioned chapters provide informative overviews of the transport problems specific to each region of the world, while the editors’ Introduction and Conclusion frames the discussion and lays out the scale of the challenges we face."
Common Questions About Climate Change - Table Of Contents
United Nations environment Programme World Meteorological Organization What HumanActivities Contribute to Climate change? in 1995, Due to global Warming?
http://www.gcrio.org/ipcc/qa/cover.html
US Global Change Research Information Office (global Warming)
Provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies Category Science environment global change Dr. global change Online Data and Information Referral Service. Thissite uses some JavaScript; your browsing experience will be
http://www.gcrio.org/
Global Exchange: Get Involved
Shows actions and how to accomplish change on such far ranging issues as curtailing sweatshop practices to improving the environment. Internship program, volunteer work, activism with a purpose.
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/
ACRS 1990 Global Change Of Environment
2 environment global change of environment. Poster Sessions. PosterPaper 1; Poster Paper 2. ACRS 1990, global change of environment.
http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1990/S/index.shtml
Springer LINK: Regional Environmental Change
Focuses on the interactions of human and natural systems at the regional level within the context of global change. Regions that will be considered are river catchments, estuaries, delta's adjacent seas, and wetlands as well as the interactions between cities and their environment.
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Pacific Institute: Global Change
implications has recently come to dominate the discussion in the last few yearsover the environment. These include global climatic change, ozone depletion
http://www.pacinst.org/global.html

Extractions: Pacific Institute, 654 13th Street, Preservation Park, Oakland, CA 94612, U.S.A. A series of major problems with international implications has recently come to dominate the discussion in the last few years over the environment. These include global climatic change, ozone depletion, deforestation, and extinction of species. Growing efforts have been made by parts of the international community to understand and address these problems, and to develop long-term sustainable solutions. The Institute has long had a role in both research and policy on issues of global change because these problems lie precisely at the intersection of concerns over the environment, economic development, and international security. Beginning in the late 1980s, the Institute has pursued research on the regional implications of climate change for water resources and on developing estimates of greenhouse gas emissions under different circumstances. In the mid-1990s we completed a major assessment of the possible implications of climate change for the Colorado River basin, and held a series of workshops for policymakers and scientists throughout the western U.S. In 1996, the Pacific Institute began publishing a major research and policy newsletter on global change issues, Global Change Magazine . In 1997, we helped organize three workshops in developing countries to explore issues related to technology transfer and climate impacts. In 1998, we joined the effort to develop a National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.
International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, UH
Providing an international, stateof-the-art research environment to improve understanding of the nature and predictability of climate variability and regional aspects of global environmental change in the Asia-Pacific sector.
http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/
Global Climate Change: Selective List Of Online Resource
global Climate change Selective List of Online Resources Compiled by Wil Burns,Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, environment and Security.
http://www.pacinst.org/ccresource.html

Extractions: Compiled by Wil Burns Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security Climate Change Science 1.2 Sinks and Sequestration 1.3 Thermohaline Circulation and the North Atlantic "Conveyor Belt" Potential Impacts of Climate Change 2.1 Rising Sea Levels 2.2 Forests 2.3 Fresh Water Resources 2.4 Coral Reefs 2.5 Wetlands 2.6 Biodiversity 2.7 Social/Economic Implications 2.8 Health Effects
The Holocene - An Enviromental Journal From Arnold
Interdisciplinary journal of fundamental scientific research on environmental change over the last 10,000 years, including past, present and future changes on local, regional and global scales. Topics include geological, biological and archaeological evidence of recent climate change; interdisciplinary studies of environmental history and prehistory; the development of natural and cultural landscapes and ecosystems; and the prediction of future changes in the environment from the record of the past.
http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/journals/pages/holocene/09596836.htm

Extractions: No other journal caters for the specific interdisciplinary needs of the large international community of scientists working on the Holocene. The Holocene is the first journal dedicated to fundamental scientific research on environmental change over the last 10,000 years including past, present and future change on local, regional and global scales. Essential reading - The Holocene covers: · Geological, biological and archaeological evidence of recent climate change
Human Dimensions Of Global Change
Industry in Concert with the environment Technological change and Industrial EcologyWeb Version. global change and Urbanization in Latin America Web Version.
http://www.aag.org/HDGC/Hands_On.html

Extractions: An Invitation T his project has developed ten teaching/learning modules through a collaborative process that involves module authors, participants in summer workshops, and project staff at Clark University. Designed for use in any introductory course that deals with human-environment relationships, the modules actively engage students in problem solving, challenge them to think critically, invite them to participate in the process of scientific inquiry, and involve them in cooperative learning. Brief descriptions of the modules follow. Each module consists of several units, each of which focuses on an aspect of the module's theme. The core of each unit is a variety of student activities that have been designed to be challenging but not baffling. The activities vary in type, in the time they require, in skill level assumed, and in the skills developed. They involve critical reading; data collection, assessment, interpretation, and analysis; map reading and interpretation; field trips; interviewing; role playing; and writing for particular audiences. Many activities link the student's own lives with processes of local, regional, and global change. Each unit comes with some background reading to introduce the topic. By engaging students in active inquiry, the module activities build student understanding of scientific method and of the interaction between science and policy, e.g., (1) the importance of specifying the assumptions underlying a model or an analytical approach; (2) how values affect assumptions; (3) how geographers use maps and other models to represent and analyze human-environment relations; (4) how geographers evaluate evidence about human-environment interactions; (5) how problems often have no single or easy answer and therefore how policy decisions usually involve weighing different and often conflicting kinds of evidence.
Directorate General - Environment
Responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of life by protection of natural resources, fostering resourceefficiency, integrating environmental concerns into other EU policy areas, and addressing the global challenges of climate change and the conservation of bio-diversity
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/environment/mission_en.htm
Global Climate Change Briefing Book
House President Bush's Remarks on global Climate change 6 IPCC Intergovernmental Panelon Climate change IPCC Part 1 for Science and the environment (NCSE) has
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/briefingbooks/climate/index.cfm

Extractions: Redistributed as a service of the National Library for the Environment General Resources Legislative Issues CRS Products Congressional Bills Introduction Congressional Hearings Background Science Other Issues Chronology Economic Issues Frequently Asked Questions Energy Issues ... Text of the Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol Text of the Framework Treaty Additional Reading CRS Summary of the Kyoto Protocol Links to Other Sites Latest update on Climate Change: [Additional content provided by NCSE] White House CRS Reports Home These CRS reports were produced by the Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress providing nonpartisan research reports to members of the House and Senate. The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has made these reports available to the public at large, but the Congressional Research Service is not affiliated with the NCSE or the National Library for the Environment (NLE). This web site is not endorsed by or associated with the Congressional Research Service. The material contained in the CRS reports does not necessarily express the views of NCSE, its supporters, or sponsors. The information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. NCSE disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall NCSE be liable for any damages.
CRS Report 98-2 - Global Climate Change Treaty Summary Of The
Return to CRS Reports and Issue Briefs Redistributed as a Service of the NationalLibrary for the environment*. 982 global Climate change Treaty The Kyoto
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Pascalis
PASCALIS (Protocols for the ASsessment and Conservation of Aquatic Life In the Subsurface) is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributing to the implementation of the Key Action global change, Climate and biodiversity within the Energy, environment and Sustainable Development
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Extractions: PASCALIS P rotocols for the AS sessment and C onservation of A quatic L ife I n the S ubsurface) is a research project supported by the European Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributing to the implementation of the Key Action "Global Change, Climate and biodiversity" within the Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, and is a art of the workprogram addressed: EESD-2000-2.2.3. (Key Action 2: Global Change, Climate and biodiversity 2.2.3 Assessing and conserving biodiversity). Important legal notice: the information on this site is subject to a and a notice.
The Woods Hole Research Center - Research And Policy In Global Ecology
Addresses the great issues of environment through scientific research and education and through applications of science in public affairs. Focus is on climate change and the warming of the earth, as well as global forests because of their controlling influence on climate.
http://www.whrc.org/
DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL CHANGE, AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
A more general lesson pertinent to the impacts of both development and global changeon the epidemiological environment is that any largescale change in an
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Extractions: P.R.E.: Center for Conservation Biology Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 When one comes into a city to which he is a stranger, he ought to consider its situation, how it lies as to the winds and the rising of the sun; for its influence is not the same whether it lies to the north or to the south, to the rising or to the setting sun. These things one ought to consider most attentively, and concerning the waters which the inhabitants use, whether they be marshy and soft, or hard and running from elevated and rocky situations, and then if saltish and unfit for cooking; and the ground, whether it be naked and deficient in water, or wooded and well-watered, and whether it lies in a hollow, confined situation or is elevated and cold... From these things he must proceed to investigate everything else. For if one knows all these things well, ... he cannot miss knowing, when he comes into a strange city, either the diseases peculiar to the place or the particular nature of the common diseases, or commit mistakes, as is likely to be the case provided one had not previously considered these matters. And in particular, as the season and year advances, he can tell what epidemic disease will attack the city, ... and what each individual will be in danger of experiencing from the change of regimen. Hippocrates, On Airs, Waters, and Places, cat 400 B.C. (quoted in Garrett 1994, p. 234).
Ens
A daily update on issues affecting the earth, from correspondents around the worldCategory Science environment News vital new information to scientific understanding of birds and their environment. thatthe President's plan to combat global climate change is working.
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Extractions: NEW YORK, New York, March 17, 2003 (ENS) - Saying it does not mean an end of involvement of the UN in the Iraqi situation, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today that he will withdraw UN staff from Iraq following a warning from the United States of impending military action. President George W. Bush tonight issued an ultimatum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, telling him to leave Iraq within 48 hours or face a military attack. World Forum Views Water as a Life and Death Issue KYOTO, Japan, March 17, 2003 (ENS) - With the world poised for war in Iraq, thousands of participants gathered in Kyoto for the 3rd World Water Forum are expressing their concern over another potential source of conflict - water. To date, no fewer than 300 potential water conflict zones have been identified by the United Nations. Ten thousand government, NGO and industry officials are attending events in Japan this week to discuss the world water crisis and its solutions. Clean Air Politics Enrage Environmentalists

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