This week in climate change: News from around the world

With climate change established as a global issue, it’s no surprise that much of the news on the topic focuses on what different nations are...

How are you addressing climate change? Share your ideas!

In the months leading up to National Public Health Week, influential public health experts, climate change experts, and representatives of v...

No child left behind

Our children of today and those of the future will inevitably face the most severe realities of the health impacts from global climate chang...

This week in climate change: Thinking outside of the box

With global agreement on the seriousness of greenhouse gas emissions, people around the world are starting to think outside of the box about...

Don’t wait! Act now! (Supplies are plentiful)

National Public Health Week 2008 plans are well underway! At the end of January, APHA hosted a planning meeting of public health partners an...

This week in climate change: Nations plan for the future

With a late 2009 deadline for a landmark new treaty to cut greenhouse gases once the current Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, meetings are ta...

Home, sweet green home

The buildings we spend most of our time in — our homes, work places...the handbag department at Macy’s — can bring us comfort, safety, peace...

This week in climate change: Communities thinking green

With the scientific community in agreement that human activity is playing a role in climate change, people around the world are looking for ...

Climate Wars: Episode One

What will happen when the rivers and lakes dry up in a region and there isn’t enough clean water to go around? What will happen when glacier...

The more, the merrier

This week, more than 50 national partners gathered at APHA headquarters to kick off planning for National Public Health Week (NPHW). We are ...

This week in climate change: International solutions to a global issue

With U.S. hosted climate talks involving the world’s biggest polluters underway in Honolulu throughout the week, much of this week’s news fo...