Global Environment Outlook 6

This teaching module for high school students, offered by the National Institute of Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, invites exploration on the intersections between climate change, the environment, and human health in the United States. The module includes a lesson plan based on the 2016 report from the Obama Administration titled, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. It provides a range of…

This report from the National Academies Press (NAP) presents the findings of a workshop focused on understanding the interconnections between public health and ecological health, discussing how ecosystem resilience impacts public health. Workshop attendees included professionals from public health, environmental protection, and natural resource management communities to bridge evidence and knowledge gaps around integrating public health and nature into research and policy to foster resilience. The publication summarizes the findings and discussions from the workshop,…

This report by the Overseas Development Institute and World Resources Institute studies political challenges to road safety reform in low- and middle-income countries. Barriers identified include that road safety is not a political priority; that it is perceived as an issue of personal responsibility; that government bodies fail to collaborate; and that there is a lack of good data. The authors emphasize that road safety should focus as much on building the political will for…