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Beyond adaptation: Pacific voices on health, identity, and rights amid climate loss and damage

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
Loss and damage is an essential but under-examined aspect of climate justice, particularly for Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), disproportionately impacted despite minimal global emissions contributions. In the context of the International
Sindra Sharma, Varea Romanu, Rufino Varea   +2 more
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Net carbon accounting and reporting are a barrier to understanding the mitigation value of forest protection in developed countries

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target requires deep and rapid cuts in CO _2 emissions as well as removals from the atmosphere into land sinks, especially forests. While international climate policy in the land sector does now recognize forest
Brendan Mackey, William Moomaw, David Lindenmayer, Heather Keith   +3 more
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Building Climate Resilience in Health Systems: A Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in a rural hospital in Chad

Annals of Global Health
Background: Chad is highly vulnerable to climate change, posing significant threats to health systems and population health. Rising temperatures, irregular rainfall, droughts, and resource scarcity exacerbate food insecurity, malnutrition, and vector ...
Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Didier Tokoumnogo Zidouemba, Alexi Reouhiri Dermbaye, Kiran Jobanputra, Melissa Mcrae, Melanie Tarabbo, Mohamed Njouonkou, Marius Madjissem, Alexandre Robert, Zia Haider   +9 more
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Assessment of the contribution of TEX air pollutants from Nigeria’s petroleum refineries to the ambient air quality: Part II

Cogent Engineering, 2021
Environmental hazards associated with release of emission from petroleum refineries have caused serious concerns for the host communities. The study focused on the assessment of the contribution of Nigerian refineries to the ambient air quality.
Ebenezer Leke Odekanle, Chinchong Blessing Bakut, Abiodun Paul Olalekan, Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun, Charity O. Aremu, Jacob Ademola Sonibare, Oreoluwa Tabitha Akande, Adeniyi Tajudeen Olayanju, Bamidele Sunday Fakinle   +8 more
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Quantification and health impact assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emissions from crop residue combustion

Heliyon, 2022
Emission of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon compounds from combustion of crop residue was investigated. Crop residues comprising maize cobs, maize husks, rice husks and bean chaff were burnt in a furnace at a temperature of 400 °C and the emissions from ...
Bamidele Sunday Fakinle, Ebenezer Leke Odekanle, Chika Ike-Ojukwu, Omowonuola Olubukola Sonibare, Olayomi Abiodun Falowo, Folawemi Winner Olubiyo, Daniel Olawale Oke, Charity O. Aremu   +7 more
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Taking Action on Climate Change [PDF]

, 2007
Discusses the complexity of the climate change problem, the policy and legislation needed to create change, and the increasingly important role that philanthropy can play in this ...

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Clinical Course and Impact of Breaks in Therapy for Children With Relapsed/Refractory Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric relapsed or refractory (R/R) solid tumors carry a dismal prognosis, and postrelapse patient experiences are not well described. We present postrelapse outcomes, including number of R/R events and subsequent therapy regimens.
Matthew T. McEvoy, Elizabeth L. Seashore, W. Susan Cheng, Shondra Clay, Jessica A. Casas, Jennifer H. Foster   +5 more
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The 2018–2023 drought in Berlin: impacts and analysis of the perspective of water resources management [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
The years 2018 to 2023 were characterised by extreme hydrometeorological conditions, with record-high average annual air temperatures and record-low annual precipitation across large regions of Europe.
I. Pohle, S. Zeilfelder, J. Birner, B. Creutzfeldt   +3 more
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Health professionals as advocates for climate solutions: A case study from Wisconsin,

The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2021
Health professionals are in a unique position to accelerate the creation of policies to mitigate and adapt to the public health emergency that is the climate crisis.
Joel Charles, Abby N. Lois, Chirantan Mukhopadhyay, Edward Maibach, Jonathan A. Patz   +4 more
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Scaling Up Climate Action to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals [PDF]

, 2016
In 2015, UNDP released its first infographic report that presented the breadth and depth of our support on climate change over the past two decades. That report emphasized successes and noted the opportunities that climate action presents for countries ...

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