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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

“The link between climate change and expansion or change in mosquito distributions is real,” said Doug Norris, a specialist in mosquitoes at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Climate change presents another emerging threat, World Health Organization officials wrote in their latest global malaria report.

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From Wildfires to COVID-19: Making the Connections

Sustainability Consulting

What does this mean for residents’ health? Adverse birth outcomes, including lower birth weights, have been observed among babies that were in utero during the 2003 southern California wildfires. Similar global studies suggest a link between wildfire exposure and poor health outcomes among newborns in Southeast Asia.

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'Net zero doesn't solve the problem': Five key lessons from the CCC's climate risk assessment

Business Green

Every five years the Climate Change Committee (CCC) conducts a root-and-branch review of the UK's preparedness for escalating climate impacts, such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, coastal erosion, and their threats to public health, food security, power supplies, homes, offices, and infrastructure.

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Tufton Street Linked Donors Have Given £630,000 to the Conservatives Since Sunak Became Prime Minister

DeSmogBlog

As revealed by DeSmog this week, a firm owned by a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups – also donated £20,000 in March to House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt and Conservative MP Liam Fox.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. Increasingly hotter global temperatures mean the sea ice, which would have formed a barrier to protect the island from storms, forms much later in the storm season and melts much sooner.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

The research is clear: to improve health outcomes, meet climate targets and create more liveable cities , reducing car use should be an urgent priority. the world can limit global warming. But long car commutes can quickly wipe out such emissions savings, so living close to work is still the best option.