Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Implications for Human Health - September 20, 2004
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- Introduction
- White Paper
- Lecture Videos and Presentations
Briefing for House of Representatives (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Congressmen Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-MD) and John W. Olver (D-MA)
Briefing
for Senate (PDF)
Dear Colleague Letter from Senators Ben Nelson (D-NB) and Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)
Made possible through generous support from The Energy Foundation
In the past five years precipitation events, heat waves and droughts have been responsible for unprecedented loss of human life and the spread of infectious diseases. This briefing will cover the impacts of extreme weather events - could larger hurricanes be a consequence of global warming? - and the ocean dynamics that drive these events, as well as the climate’s sensitivity to abrupt change. The mounting public health, ecological and economic ‘costs of inaction’ and the growing potential for abrupt climate change catapult these concerns into the forefront of deliberations regarding practices and policies aimed at stabilizing the climate and stimulating economic growth.
Climate Instability and Public Health
Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Powerpoint (PDF)
Lecture Video (Realplayer)
Extreme Weather Events and Human Health: Focus on Heatwaves
Lawrence Kalkstein, Ph.D.
University of Delaware
Powerpoint (PDF)
Lecture Video (Realplayer)
Bigger Hurricanes: A Consequence of Climate Change?
Ruth Curry, Ph.D.
Woods Oceanographic Institution
Powerpoint (PDF)
Lecture Video (Realplayer) |
