Health Sciences 3290A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Climate Change Mitigation, Indoor Air Quality, United Nations Environment Programme
23 Oct 2016
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Climate change and health in a globalized world. Climate change occurs when long-term weather patterns are altered for example, through human activity. Global warming is one measure of climate change, and is a rise in the average global temperature. (david suzuki foundation: global warming is a subset of climate change. At the end of the 21st century: changing participation patterns leads to weather pattern changes, agriculture will be affected, the ecosystem will change. Two main policy responses to climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Climate change mitigation: efforts to reduce or prevent emission of greenhouse gases. Mitigation can mean using new technologies and renewable energies, making older equipment more energy ef cient, or changing management practices or consumer behavior. It can be as complex as a plan for a new city, or as a simple as improvements to a cook stove design. Efforts underway around the world range from high-tech subway systems to bicycling paths and walkways.
