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Friday, June 25, 2010
What do the World Cup and the United Nations Climate Change Meetings have in common? For one thing, the final day of the intersession climate talks was also the kickoff for the 2010 World Cup. To mark the auspicious coincidence, outgoing head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, Yvo de Boer, appeared at the final plenary wearing a South African football shirt sporting ‘De Boer’ and the number 17– in reference to the COP171 climate change meetings which South Africa hosts in 2011. (COP” is the United Nations acronym for “Council of Parties” and serves as shorthand ...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
IGI Global would like to thank Dr Lynn Wilson, for this contribution on Consortium on Climate Change & Population Health Blog. "The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings." -Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872 Photo: AP/US Coast Guard The explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon off the Gulf Coast is a hot topic for industry, for scientists, and for ...
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Dr. Courtney Howard, a Canadian MD who has agreed to offer her viewpoint to the Consortium on Climate Change and Population Health, is working on the front lines of environmental disaster. She leaves May 1 for Haiti to assist in the medical relief effort as part of Doctors Without Borders . The following was originally posted on the David Suzuki Foundation website as part of the "DocsTalk Blog" about links between health and the environment series at http://beta.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/docs-talk/2010/03/is-climate-change-getting-you-down/. By Dr. Courtney Howard Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes will like climate change. As things get warmer and weather patterns change, they will spread ...
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Monday, March 29, 2010
IGI Global and SeaTrust Institute, led by Dr. Lynn Wilson, are pairing together for an online international Consortium on Climate Change and Population Health, This consortium, established to represent ways to support interdisciplinary efforts that embody sustainability, human health, climate change, and public policy perspectives, is attempting to effectively address population health concerns in the context of climate change. Last month, Dr. Lynn Wilson spoke with IGI Global about the importance of this consortium and what they are attempting to accomplish in the scientific research community. This month, IGI Global and the SeaTrust Institute would like to present an exciting ...
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Monday, March 29, 2010
SeaTrust Institute and IGI Global are working together to present an international consortium on population health concerns in the context of climate change. The consortium was established to represent methods for supporting interdisciplinary efforts that imbed sustainability, human health, climate change and public policy perspectives. The Executive Director of SeaTrust Institute, Dr. Lynn Wilson, recently ventured to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 15. During her visit in Copenhagen, she documented her experiences in a blog titled, “SeaTrust Institute Live Report”. Before the commencement of the conference, Dr. Wilson wrote, “For me, this is an opportunity ...
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Monday, March 29, 2010
SeaTrust Institute and IGI Global invite you to participate in the online international Consortium on Climate Change and Population Health. Responding to the unprecedented need for collaboration between climate scientists and health professionals, this Consortium’s primary mission is to engage in meaningful research on human health and climate change that informs policy decisions. Founded in 2009, the Consortium was represented at the UN Climate Change Meetings in Copenhagen and will continue participation through developing a health coalition for the 2010 meetings in Cancun, Mexico. Participants are now in the planning stages for their work groups, and the online collaborative ...
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