Category «Climate Change»

Climate and health data website launched

“A new website of data resources, tools, and training materials that can aid researchers in studying the consequences of climate change on the health of communities nationwide is now available. At the end of July, NIEHS launched the Climate and Health Outcomes Research Data Systems (CHORDS) website, which includes a catalog of environmental and health …

Subjects: Climate Change, E-Government, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care, Search Engines

Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era?

Leduc, Sylvain, and Daniel J. Wilson. 2024. “Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era?” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper July 18, 2024-21. https://doi.org/10.24148/wp2024-21 -“Internal migration has been cited as a key channel by which societies will adapt to climate change. We show in this paper that this process has …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Health Care

The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods

Bloomberg: Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. “We need to talk more about the other big benefit — less noise. Although still rare in North America, car-free and car-light neighborhoods have grown common in Europe, established in cities like Paris, Brussels and Pontevedra, Spain. Boosters …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Health Care, Transportation

Country Overshoot Days 2024

Country Overshoot Day Calendar & Calculations – “A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country. Country overshoot days are published on January 1st of each year, using the latest year of the most recent National Footprint and Biocapacity …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law

You put stuff out for recycling. What happens next might surprise you.

Christian Science Monitor: “Recycling is one of the most recognized forms of environmental conservation in the United States. But differing standards for curbside recycling programs across the country and changes in the recycling industry can confuse consumers: What really happens after they toss items into a blue or green bin? Before and during World War …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law

Our World in Data

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems – “Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on. Thanks to the work of thousands of researchers around the …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Poverty, Search Engines

UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat

“The UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat brings together the diverse expertise and perspectives of ten specialized UN entities (FAO, ILO, OCHA, UNDRR, UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, WHO, WMO) in a first-of-its-kind joint product, underscoring the multi-sectoral impacts of extreme heat. Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere. Billions of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Health Care

Here’s how extreme climate is driving inflation

“TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In today’s Climate Classroom, we will be speaking to William S. Becker, a writer for The Hill, a Nexstar-owned property on climate inflation, better known by its new name “climateflation.” No doubt it’s a new term to most, but it’s very real and it’s already hitting us in the wallet— think …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Housing

The world’s most, and least, walkable cities

The Economist [unpaywalled]: “Cars can be a nuisance. Just ask anyone stuck on London’s M25 motorway or Houston’s Katy Freeway. More cars create more polluting traffic jams, and the amount of space needed to drive them, park them and re-fuel them could be used for more pleasant purposes, such as parks and recreational areas. It …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law, Health Care, Transportation

Warren Leads Senate Response to End of Chevron Doctrine

Truthout: “A group of senators led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has introduced a bill to combat the Supreme Court’s seismic pro-corporate decision last month to overturn a precedent known as Chevron deference that has enabled federal agencies to issue regulations for decades. Ten senators joined Warren on Tuesday in introducing the bill that would …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation