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The Health Impacts of Climate Change

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OER PROJECT: CLIMATE/ LESSON 2.3ACTIVITY THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “The Health Impacts ofClimate Change”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeResearch a health effect of climate change and explore its direct and indirect impacts.Process1.Choose a topic to research, by circling the health impact of climate change you’d like to learn more about.•Air Quality Impacts•Extreme Events•Food Safety, Nutrition, and Distribution(If you’re working with a group, divide the categories so that each group member is researching one.)2.Read the chapter for the topic you selected in The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, and then answer the questions below.a.Start by reading your category’s chapter summary. In your own words, what is this chapter about?b.What are the climate drivers, or direct impacts, that affect human health in this chapter?c.What are the possible health outcomes, or indirect impacts, associated with this risk?
OER PROJECT: CLIMATE/ LESSON 2.3ACTIVITY THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE2d.In your own words, what are the key findings for your chapter?e.Choose one key finding. What is one piece of evidence that supports this idea?f.Does the report show correlation or causation between climate change and the health impact covered? How do you know?3.Fill out the Climate Impacts worksheet on the next page, based on the information you gathered from your research. •Can you add other impacts that are not health related to the outer layer? Think about potential economic, social, or political impacts.•What would you include in a fourth layer on this chart? Brainstorm a few ideas of effects that could be caused by indirect impacts and add them to the space outside the circles.Optional ExtensionThis Impacts of Climate Changereport was first published in 2016. Using what you already know or through research, answer these questions:•What has been done since 2016 to address the climate impact you researched? •What has the impact of those actions been?
OER PROJECT: CLIMATE/ LESSON 2.3ACTIVITY THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE3Climate Impacts Worksheet