Climate Change - Helpful links with resources
Climate Change - Helpful links with resources:
- United Nations (UN) - What Is Climate Change?: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change
- United Nations (UN) - Climate Adaptation: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/climate-adaptation
- United Nations (UN) - Causes and Effects of Climate Change: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/causes-effects-climate-change
- United Nations (UN) - Actions for a healthy planet: https://www.un.org/en/actnow/ten-actions
- World Health Organization (WHO) - Climate change and health: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Climate Change: https://www.epa.gov/climate-change
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Climate.gov: https://www.climate.gov/
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Climate change impacts: https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/climate-change-impacts
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Global warming frequently asked questions: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/global-warming-frequently-asked-questions
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Climate Effects on Health: https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm
- US Climate Resilience Toolkit: https://toolkit.climate.gov/
- U.S. Global Change Research Program - The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment (USGCRP, 2016): https://health2016.globalchange.gov/
Other helpful website links related to climate change, air quality, etc.:
- Air Quality:
- AirNow – Air Quality information: https://www.airnow.gov/
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) - MassAir Online - Air Quality information in Massachusetts: https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/dep/massair/web/#/pollution/map/max
- Extreme Heat:
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Heat & Health Tracker: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Extreme Heat: https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/index.html
- Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare (October, 2016): https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/pubs/extreme-heat-guidebook.pdf
- CDC – Temperature Extremes: https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/temperature_extremes.htm