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Policy Paper on Research underway
CAHA is developing a Position Paper on Research – looking at the research agenda for climate and health in Australia. This paper will consider Australia’s research needs gaps in terms of climate and health – what do we need to know to assist Australia in prepare and manage the effects of climate change and work to prevent further climate change?
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Communicating on climate: new health resource
A new resource has been developed by the Center for Climate Change Communication to assist health professionals talk about climate change. Intended to assist public health professionals communicate the health implications of climate change to the public, to policy makers, and to other professionals, the resource provides effective strategies for conveying how rapidly emerging climate threats are strongly connected with individual and community health and well-being.
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True costs of coal
A new study from the Harvard Medical School reveals the human health and environmental costs of coal are costing the US public a third to half a trillion dollars annually.
Accounting for the damages from mining, transportation, processing and combustion of coal would double or triple the price of electricity from coal-fired power generation, making safer, renewable energy sources economically competitive, according to the authors of ‘Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal’.