FL Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) is working to improve public health sector's ability to respond to health effects of climate variability
Tallahassee, FL
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Reminder: Join us tomorrow, July 16, at 10am ET for a webinar to learn how public health practitioners are advancing climate and health planning and practice. Learn more at: flbrace.org/webinar-series.
Hope to see you there!
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.@floridastate Prof. @ckuejio spoke with @tampabaytimes about keeping kids safe in the sweltering summer temps. How to keep kids safe in Florida’s summer heat (tampabay.com)
Upcoming Webinar: Small Steps Creating Larger Impact: An Investigation of BRACE Climate and Health Adaptation Plans and Practitioners. Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 10AM ET. flbrace.org/webinars.html
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The @CDCFound is now accepting proposals for its #GRPFunded Gulf South #Climate & #Health Community Support cohort. Selected community-based organizations will receive up to $100K to support their efforts and participation in the initiative. Learn more: ow.ly/mmCy50RxrL1
Check out the Fifth National Climate Assessment out today! Report chapters of particular interest to us are the Human Health and Southeast chapters, as well as an Atlas with access to a wealth of data. nca2023.globalchange.gov/cha… nca2023.globalchange.gov/cha…
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Register for the Compact's 11/8 Implementation Workshop on Extreme Heat. A lineup of great speakers include State Climatologist David Zierden @FLClimateCenter, @MiamiDadeCounty Chief Heat Officer @ResilientJane, @LaddKeith, @ArshtRock, & more!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Dr. Tisha Holmes is working with the Environmental Health Matters Initiative @theNASEM on a virtual workshop: Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity -- A New Vision.
Oct 12 (11am - 4pm) & Oct 14 (12-4pm)
Learn more and register:
nationalacademies.org/event/….
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#MondayMotivation is this awesome paper from Tisha Holmes and William Butler about the importance of multiple levels of government being involved in #sealevelrise resilience!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Hot off the presses! New @EPA report on disparities in who is most at risk from climate change. 👇👇 epa.gov/cira/social-vulnerab…
ALT Screenshot of report cover with title: Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts
WEBINAR TOMORROW at 3pm (ET) -- Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Cyclones and Their Relevance to Risk in Florida
Jake Carstens, @FSU_EOAS, will synthesize the current state of knowledge about how climate change may impact tropical cyclone activity.
flbrace.org/webinars.html
UPCOMING WEBINAR: Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Cyclones and Their Relevance to Risk in Florida.
Thursday, August 26, 3PM EDT
Presented by Jake Carstens, PhD candidate, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at FSU. Details at: flbrace.org/webinars.html.
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#IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report is the latest set of IPCC reports that provide policymakers with the scientific knowledge on issues concerning #climatechange.
4 reports have already been released, with the final 4 to come in 2021 & 2022.
vimeo.com/ipcc/download/5613…
WEBINAR TODAY: Identifying Subpopulations Vulnerable to Health-Related Impacts from Extreme Heat in Florida. Tue., Jun 29, 1PM EDT
Join us as Dr. Jung discusses novel approaches to identifying vulnerable counties and subpopulations to extreme heat.
flbrace.org/webinars.html
UPCOMING WEBINAR: Identifying Sub-Populations Vulnerable to Health-Related Impacts from Extreme Heat in Florida. Tue., Jun 29.
Postdoc researcher Jihoon Jung will discuss novel approaches to identify vulnerable counties and sub-populations to extreme heat.
flbrace.org/webinars.html
New opportunity to advance equitable outcomes and solutions to climate hazards and disasters. Apply for Gulf Research Program funding: ow.ly/VfLf50F0mAi
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Chances are rising that we'll have a pre-season named storm develop over the next several days. Again, it should pose no threat to FL or the US. Instead the Southeast will be contending with a heat wave. #FLwx
May 20, 8 am EDT: NHC is monitoring a non-tropical low pressure system located 700 miles east of #Bermuda. The low is forecast to turn southwestward by tomorrow and is now likely to become a subtropical cyclone northeast of Bermuda on Friday.
nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php
REMINDER: Webinar TOMORROW, Apr 28, at 12pm ET. An Evaluation of the Monroe County Special Needs Shelter Program’s Response During Hurricane Irma. Learn more: flbrace.org/webinars.html.
UPCOMING WEBINAR. Wed., Apr 28, 12pm ET. An Evaluation of the Monroe County Special Needs Shelter Program’s Response During Hurricane Irma. Learn more: flbrace.org/webinars.html
When it comes to U.S. climate, what’s normal is about to change | NOAA Climate.gov climate.gov/news-features/fe…
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Please join CDC’s Environmental Health Nexus on April 14 at 1 p.m. EDT on CDC’s Facebook page for a webinar on climate and health and learn how communities can take steps to protect themselves. facebook.com/CDC.
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