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NIHHIS News

USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment Released

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On April 4, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the inaugural Climate Change and Human Health Assessment: ‘Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.” This scientific assessment was developed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), as part of the ongoing efforts of USGCRP’s sustained National Climate Assessment process and as called for under the President’s Climate Action Plan.

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Will climate change increase summertime temperature variability and heat waves by 2100? A new CPO-funded study has the answer

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A new study by Haiyan Teng (National Center for Atmospheric Research; NCAR) and other NCAR researchers, funded by the Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections program, evaluated by how much and why the variability of within-season summer surface air temperature will increase by the end of the 21st century.

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CPO staff to demonstrate integrated climate science and service capabilities at 2016 American Meteorological Society annual meeting in New Orleans

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The upcoming American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting, with “Earth System Science in Service to Society” as a guiding theme, will see many presentations by CPO staff, demonstrating the breadth and mission-orientation of CPO’s programs and integrated information systems.

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NOAA’s Chief Scientist shares NOAA’s Integrated Information Systems approach to providing climate services to manage human health risks at the UN Climate Conference: COP21 in Paris

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Dr. Rick Spinrad, NOAA’s Chief Scientist, addressed participants of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 and international viewers in a video presented at the US Center.

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CPO’s Hunter Jones delivers keynote on Climate and Extreme Heat at Design for Risk Reduction Symposium in NYC

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On November 12, CPO’s Hunter Jones joined over 30 urban climatologists, architects, planners, and emergency management & public health practitioners to address an estimated 200 audience members, in New York City for the symposium: “Extreme Heat: Hot Cities – Adapt­ing to a Hot­ter World.”

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CPO’s Trtanj attends third annual meeting of the International Network on Climate and Health in Africa – organized by the World Health Organization

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By participating in this forum, Juli Trtanj (OAR/CPO) represented NOAA’s interests in the implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services through Clim-Health Africa.

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Climate and Health Workshop in India briefed on Climate Services for Public Health by CPO’s Trtanj

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Juli Trtanj (OAR/CPO) will serve as a key resource person at a national capacity building initiative for climate and health in New Delhi, India from 22-24 September 2015. Trtanj will present a global overview of climate services for public health to an interdisciplinary group of scientists (climatologists, meteorologists, epidemiologists, public health and social development experts) at a workshop hosted by TARU Leading Edge, the Indian Meteorological Society, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The overview will include a briefing on the concepts behind the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and outcomes from the recent NOAA-lead Workshop on the Development of Climate Information Systems for Heat Health Early Warning in Chicago, including future heat health system pilots and research collaborations with India. The briefing will also include updates on NOAA’s collaborative efforts in water and vector-borne diseases, highlighting our vibrio forecasting work with the NOS Ecological Forecasting Services, and our work on cholera early warning in Bangladesh. Coverage of NOAA’s other international efforts with health connections, such as NWS/NCEP’s international work on monsoons, and our involvement with the Global Framework on Climate Services and the Group on Earth Observations will also be included.

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Juli Trtanj (CPO) and Michelle Hawkins (NWS) address a delegation from India regarding NOAA’s role and plans for Heat Health and Climate Preparedness

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Juli, as well as Michelle Hawkins (NWS), attended a High-Level Knowledge Leadership Exchange Forum on Heat Health and Climate Preparedness in New York City on September 16th.The knowledge sharing and relationships from this forum will support expanded engagement between NOAA and domestic and international partners as we develop the US National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS).

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