Impact of Climate Change on Public Health

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Bruce Binder

Climate change is increasing the occurrences and severity of hurricanes, droughts, floods, extreme heat, and so forthall of which have an impact on the health of populations. Just consider some headlines from 2010: 1| Eastern and Midwest United S... More »

Global Lessons on Development Planning and Climate Hazards Reduction

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Stephen Bender

Climate change is a global reality. Shrinking glaciers and changing seasonal weather conditions point to developing differences in the norms of the 21st century and of the immediately preceding era. Starting in the1980s, international aid organizations such as ... More »

State and Local Governments Prepare for Climate Change

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Frances Edwards

The year 2010 was challenging for Planet Earth. While the East Coast sweltered in record-setting high heat and humidity, the U.S. Congress abandoned its attempt to pass global warming legislation. Meanwhile, Moscow experienced a heat wave that drove residents to vod... More »

Attracting Strange Bedfellows: Climate Users Reshape the Conversation

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John Selman

No one knows who first said perception is reality, but the phrase has become a defining worldview. It transcends political lines and shapes public policy through public outcry (or lack thereof ). The idea that vox populi rises and falls depending on the urgency shar... More »

What Worries CEOs Now?

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Pat Galagan

IBM's CEO Sam Palmisano sets the context this way: "In a very short time, we've become aware of global climate change; of the geopolitical issues surrounding energy and water supplies; of the vulnerabilities of supply chains for food, medicine, and even talent; and of s... More »