CPO and partners officially launch the Belmont Forum’s Climate, Environment and Health Research Projects
The projects focus on linkages between climate and infectious diseases, heat and/or food systems and nutrition.
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
The projects focus on linkages between climate and infectious diseases, heat and/or food systems and nutrition.
Climatic conditions and extreme events have substantial implications for human health and well-being around the world. CPO’s International Research and Applications Project (IRAP), joined with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to make research funding available to address key knowledge gaps, and advance the use of climate information and services in the reduction of climate-sensitive health risks through the Belmont Forum’s Collaborative Research Action on Climate, Environment and Health.
The project will help improve National Weather Service (NWS) messaging related to heat health in the U.S.-Mexico transboundary region, and could potentially be extended to other NWS activities beyond the area.
IRAP-funded researchers engage with stakeholders on heat-health messaging Read More »
Held amid a dengue fever outbreak, Republic of the Marshall Islands Secretary of Health Jack Niedenthal noted during the event that climate impacts on health are not merely something the country needs to prepare for in the future – they are happening right now.
The webinar will highlight an ongoing International Research and Applications Project-funded project to explore trends in historical heat extremes and heat-related mortality and morbidity in the border cities of San Diego-Tijuana and Calexico-Mexicali, as well as the reach and effectiveness of heat-health messaging by area National Weather Service Offices and public health agencies.
Upcoming webinar on extreme heat and public health in transboundary regions Read More »
A team of researchers supported by CPO’s International Research and Applications Project (IRAP) will convene the one-day workshop in Puerto Rico in February 2020.
The impact of climate on public health and well-being is emerging as a key challenge that society faces today, and one which will likely continue to increase as the climate changes.
The seminar took place on Wednesday, October 2nd from 10-11am EST.
IRAP Seminar: The CHIKRisk App: Global Mapping and Prediction Chikungunya Risk Read More »
This two part webinar explores relevant climate research topics in the realm of Earth system science and modeling (Part I), and societal interactions (Part II)
This workshop builds on previous investments by IRAP and NOAA in the Caribbean, and provides linkages to ongoing efforts in NOAA and the USGCRP to address climate and health, including heat health.