Climate change

Countries around the world are responding through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol by working to better understand the future climate and to reduce the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. [...] In particular, the Bulletin: • examines the relationship between climate and health, and explores the various pathways by which climate change affects human health and well-being In this Issue • explores the type of evidence needed to assess the impacts of climate change on health, and presents the findings from some recent Canadian surveillance and Climate Change 101 5 research activities Policy [...] While most from the sun Greenhouse gases in of this heat escapes into space, some is passes through the atmosphere trap absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse the atmosphere some of the heat gases that act like an insulating blanket or the glass walls of a greenhouse — holding in the heat and helping to warm the planet.1 The process by which the Earth’s atmosphere captures and holds escaping heat is c [...] More surprising, (IPCC), the World Health Organization (WHO), various regional and however, is the range of health national assessments, and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) impacts being experienced and have highlighted the current and future health impacts of climate change expected, as well as the number on populations around the world. [...] However, the North, such as the presence they will continue to require support of environmental contaminants, One of the keys to managing from the rest of Canada to successfully resource development and loss of manage these impacts and make the culture.