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This month Climatelinks focuses on new case studies, research and findings on climate change and human health.

• 04/06/2017
• Climatelinks

Dr. James Colborn studies how factors such as ecology, immunology, and human behavior interact and contribute to outbreaks of malaria. An increasingly important component to his work is the role ocean temperatures, weather variability and other climate trends play with malaria risk and infection.

• 04/04/2017
• Climatelinks

A new case study analyzes the benefits of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) and presents important lessons for maximizing social, environmental and economic returns for other large wind projects in the region and beyond.

• 02/13/2017
• Climatelinks

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the Mailman School of Public Health, both of Columbia University, hosted the Health and Climate Colloquium 2016 to help build a global community of health practitioners and policymakers that can use climate information as a means to support health delivery and improved outcomes in the context of a changing climate.

• 01/26/2017
• Elisabeth Gawthrop

At the December Adaptation Community Meeting, more than 60 people convened for a lively discussion on calculating the economic cost of climate change.

• 12/14/2016
• Climatelinks

Climate change is hurting vulnerable populations in developing countries, and posing new risks to USAID programs.

• 12/13/2016
• Climatelinks

• 05/19/2016

• 04/27/2016

• 04/07/2016

• 06/26/2015

On April 7, President Obama announced several Executive Actions to protect American communities from the negative health impacts of climate change.

• 04/16/2015