{"id":177651,"date":"2015-12-18T18:57:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T23:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webadmin.news-harvard.go-vip.net\/gazette\/gazette\/?p=177651"},"modified":"2015-12-18T18:57:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T23:57:43","slug":"climate-deal-a-step-toward-better-health-panelists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/climate-deal-a-step-toward-better-health-panelists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris deal a step toward better health, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-square has-light-background has-colored-heading\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tScience &amp; Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tParis deal a step toward better health, experts say\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tAlvin Powell\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Staff Writer\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-18\">\n\t\t\tDecember 18, 2015\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t4 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tHSPH forum explores wider potential of climate accord\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p>The Paris climate agreement may turn out to be more than just a major step to protect the planet. It may also wind up being a monumental public health measure.<\/p>\n<p>So says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dr_maria_neira_508.pdf\">Mar\u00eda Neira<\/a>, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a strong agreement for public health, probably one of the biggest we\u2019ll sign this century,\u201d said Neira, one of a group of public health experts who addressed health and climate change Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.sph.harvard.edu\/events\/climate-change\/\">The Forum at Harvard Chan School<\/a> said that the public health argument for action on climate change has gained resonance in recent years, with air pollution from burning fossil fuels for power becoming an acute problem in developing nations such as China and India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/john-spengler\/\">Jack Spengler<\/a>, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation and director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a>, pointed out that Beijing experienced its first red alert for air quality while climate talks were underway in Paris. Local health authorities\u2019 recommendations to stay indoors during air pollution episodes are of little practical use, Spengler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do they think the indoor air comes from? Outside. This is the old days in London.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYIeFPcpN2A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\r\n\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-supporting-content alignleft supporting-content\" id=\"supporting-content-b646ff43-c361-45c2-9132-a5278f07dc01\">\n\t<div class=\"featured-articles is-post-type-post is-style-grid-list\"  style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"featured-articles__title wp-block-heading\">More like this<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"featured-articles__list \">\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"featured-article \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/121415_stavins_131_605.jpg?resize=1200%2C750\" class=\"attachment-large-landscape-desktop size-large-landscape-desktop\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"featured-article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\">\n\t\t\tScience &amp; Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"featured-article__title wp-block-heading \"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/at-last-global-fretting-on-climate-change\/\">At last, global fretting on climate change<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"featured-article__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 14, 2015\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"featured-article__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlong read\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution causes some 7 million premature deaths each year, while indoor air pollution \u2015 largely from burning wood and biomass for cooking and heat \u2014 leads to another 4.3 million early deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaner technologies that help reduce burning of fossil fuels and of indoor biomass will provide what Spengler called a \u201cdouble win\u201d of lower warming emissions and improved health due to air quality. New cooking methods could also be a factor in women\u2019s rights and the rights of children, who are disproportionately affected by both the need to gather wood and unhealthy indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>But cleaner air is just one potential health benefit of the Paris agreement. Panelists said that progress against climate change could yield a range of other health-related changes, including fewer droughts, less disruption to agriculture and food supplies, and a dietary shift to less meat and more plants.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing about our health not in play with climate change,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/about\/people\/aaron-bernstein\">Aaron Bernstein<\/a>, associate director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a> and a pediatrician at Harvard-affiliated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of what aspect of health you might want to talk about, climate change matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein pointed out that changes linked to the Paris accord will occur over the next 40 years, as the children and grandchildren of today grow up and raise families of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople care about their health and absolutely care about the health of their children \u2014 that\u2019s one of the most powerful arguments we can make,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to realize that we stand to gain so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Levy, co-author of the book \u201cClimate Change and Public Health\u201d and a former president of the American Public Health Association, said that indigenous peoples whose traditions tie them tightly to the land might be among those most affected by climate change. A warming Arctic affects the Inuit and other native peoples of the far north, but also groups in other parts of the world, such as Masai herders in sub-Saharan Africa, whose lifestyle is tied to cattle, which are vulnerable to droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Times of scarcity can become times of insecurity as well, Levy noted, leading to violence as groups struggle to maintain a hold on suddenly vanishing resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, leaders have made \u201cresilience\u201d a point of emphasis. It\u2019s an important step, panelists said, as individual cities will need strategies against the front-line effects of climate change, such as higher sea levels and hotter heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can understand \u2018resilience,\u2019\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis is what we want to build into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein cautioned that the potential health impact of climate change solutions \u2014 including innovations in energy \u2014 should be considered from the outset, to avoid creating an base of long-lasting, yet ultimately harmful, technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know enough to be able to think critically about our health-energy future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panelists in a Harvard Chan School forum examined how the Paris climate agreement might affect human health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105622744,"featured_media":177688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"gz_ga_pageviews":0,"gz_ga_lastupdated":"","document_color_palette":null,"author":"Alvin Powell","affiliation":"Harvard Staff Writer","_category_override":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1387],"tags":[2776,3753,5382,7811,8546,8550,11052,14622,16124,16519,19711,22636,33511],"gazette-formats":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-177651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-aaron-bernstein","tag-alvin-powell","tag-barry-levy","tag-charles-sennott","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-change-research","tag-disease","tag-global-health","tag-harvard-t-h-chan-school-of-public-health","tag-health","tag-john-spengler","tag-maria-neira","tag-the-forum-at-harvard-t-h-chan-school-of-public-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paris deal a step toward better health, experts say &#8212; 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Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tParis deal a step toward better health, experts say\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tAlvin Powell\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Staff Writer\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-18\">\n\t\t\tDecember 18, 2015\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t4 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tHSPH forum explores wider potential of climate accord\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n"},"2":{"blockName":"core\/group","attrs":{"templateLock":false,"metadata":{"name":"Article content"},"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"constrained","justifyContent":"center"},"tagName":"div","lock":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","ariaLabel":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\t\t<p>The Paris climate agreement may turn out to be more than just a major step to protect the planet. It may also wind up being a monumental public health measure.<\/p>\n<p>So says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dr_maria_neira_508.pdf\">Mar\u00eda Neira<\/a>, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a strong agreement for public health, probably one of the biggest we\u2019ll sign this century,\u201d said Neira, one of a group of public health experts who addressed health and climate change Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.sph.harvard.edu\/events\/climate-change\/\">The Forum at Harvard Chan School<\/a> said that the public health argument for action on climate change has gained resonance in recent years, with air pollution from burning fossil fuels for power becoming an acute problem in developing nations such as China and India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/john-spengler\/\">Jack Spengler<\/a>, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation and director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a>, pointed out that Beijing experienced its first red alert for air quality while climate talks were underway in Paris. Local health authorities\u2019 recommendations to stay indoors during air pollution episodes are of little practical use, Spengler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do they think the indoor air comes from? Outside. This is the old days in London.\u201d<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n\t\t<p>The Paris climate agreement may turn out to be more than just a major step to protect the planet. It may also wind up being a monumental public health measure.<\/p>\n<p>So says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dr_maria_neira_508.pdf\">Mar\u00eda Neira<\/a>, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a strong agreement for public health, probably one of the biggest we\u2019ll sign this century,\u201d said Neira, one of a group of public health experts who addressed health and climate change Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.sph.harvard.edu\/events\/climate-change\/\">The Forum at Harvard Chan School<\/a> said that the public health argument for action on climate change has gained resonance in recent years, with air pollution from burning fossil fuels for power becoming an acute problem in developing nations such as China and India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/john-spengler\/\">Jack Spengler<\/a>, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation and director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a>, pointed out that Beijing experienced its first red alert for air quality while climate talks were underway in Paris. Local health authorities\u2019 recommendations to stay indoors during air pollution episodes are of little practical use, Spengler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do they think the indoor air comes from? Outside. This is the old days in London.\u201d<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n\t\t<p>The Paris climate agreement may turn out to be more than just a major step to protect the planet. It may also wind up being a monumental public health measure.<\/p>\n<p>So says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dr_maria_neira_508.pdf\">Mar\u00eda Neira<\/a>, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a strong agreement for public health, probably one of the biggest we\u2019ll sign this century,\u201d said Neira, one of a group of public health experts who addressed health and climate change Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.sph.harvard.edu\/events\/climate-change\/\">The Forum at Harvard Chan School<\/a> said that the public health argument for action on climate change has gained resonance in recent years, with air pollution from burning fossil fuels for power becoming an acute problem in developing nations such as China and India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/john-spengler\/\">Jack Spengler<\/a>, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation and director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a>, pointed out that Beijing experienced its first red alert for air quality while climate talks were underway in Paris. Local health authorities\u2019 recommendations to stay indoors during air pollution episodes are of little practical use, Spengler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do they think the indoor air comes from? Outside. This is the old days in London.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/embed","attrs":{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYIeFPcpN2A","type":"video","responsive":true,"providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio","caption":"<br>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br>\n","allowResponsive":true,"previewable":true,"lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","style":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYIeFPcpN2A\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYIeFPcpN2A\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"],"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYIeFPcpN2A\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n","innerContent":["\n"],"rendered":"\n"},{"blockName":"harvard-gazette\/supporting-content","attrs":{"id":"b646ff43-c361-45c2-9132-a5278f07dc01","align":"left","allowedBlocks":[],"style":[],"lock":[],"metadata":[],"className":""},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"harvard-gazette\/featured-articles","attrs":{"autoGenerate":false,"className":"is-style-grid-list","inPostContent":true,"numberOfPosts":1,"postIds":[177420],"showExcerpt":false,"title":"More like this","category":"","carouselOnDesktop":false,"isEditor":false,"linkText":"See all book reviews","passPostIds":false,"postOverrides":[],"postTypeOverride":"post","receivePostIds":false,"series":"","showCategory":true,"showDate":true,"gridColumns":2,"showDropShadow":false,"showFormat":true,"showImage":true,"showImageZoom":false,"showSeries":true,"showReadMore":true,"showReadTime":true,"tags":[],"useCurrentTerm":false,"lock":[],"metadata":[],"align":"","style":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"","innerContent":[],"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"featured-articles is-post-type-post is-style-grid-list\"  style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"featured-articles__title wp-block-heading\">More like this<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"featured-articles__list \">\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"featured-article \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/121415_stavins_131_605.jpg?resize=1200%2C750\" class=\"attachment-large-landscape-desktop size-large-landscape-desktop\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"featured-article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\">\n\t\t\tScience &amp; 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Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"featured-article__title wp-block-heading \"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/at-last-global-fretting-on-climate-change\/\">At last, global fretting on climate change<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"featured-article__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 14, 2015\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"featured-article__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlong read\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>"},{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\r\n<p>WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution causes some 7 million premature deaths each year, while indoor air pollution \u2015 largely from burning wood and biomass for cooking and heat \u2014 leads to another 4.3 million early deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaner technologies that help reduce burning of fossil fuels and of indoor biomass will provide what Spengler called a \u201cdouble win\u201d of lower warming emissions and improved health due to air quality. New cooking methods could also be a factor in women\u2019s rights and the rights of children, who are disproportionately affected by both the need to gather wood and unhealthy indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>But cleaner air is just one potential health benefit of the Paris agreement. Panelists said that progress against climate change could yield a range of other health-related changes, including fewer droughts, less disruption to agriculture and food supplies, and a dietary shift to less meat and more plants.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing about our health not in play with climate change,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/about\/people\/aaron-bernstein\">Aaron Bernstein<\/a>, associate director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a> and a pediatrician at Harvard-affiliated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of what aspect of health you might want to talk about, climate change matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein pointed out that changes linked to the Paris accord will occur over the next 40 years, as the children and grandchildren of today grow up and raise families of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople care about their health and absolutely care about the health of their children \u2014 that\u2019s one of the most powerful arguments we can make,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to realize that we stand to gain so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Levy, co-author of the book \u201cClimate Change and Public Health\u201d and a former president of the American Public Health Association, said that indigenous peoples whose traditions tie them tightly to the land might be among those most affected by climate change. A warming Arctic affects the Inuit and other native peoples of the far north, but also groups in other parts of the world, such as Masai herders in sub-Saharan Africa, whose lifestyle is tied to cattle, which are vulnerable to droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Times of scarcity can become times of insecurity as well, Levy noted, leading to violence as groups struggle to maintain a hold on suddenly vanishing resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, leaders have made \u201cresilience\u201d a point of emphasis. It\u2019s an important step, panelists said, as individual cities will need strategies against the front-line effects of climate change, such as higher sea levels and hotter heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can understand \u2018resilience,\u2019\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis is what we want to build into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein cautioned that the potential health impact of climate change solutions \u2014 including innovations in energy \u2014 should be considered from the outset, to avoid creating an base of long-lasting, yet ultimately harmful, technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know enough to be able to think critically about our health-energy future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\r\n<p>WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution causes some 7 million premature deaths each year, while indoor air pollution \u2015 largely from burning wood and biomass for cooking and heat \u2014 leads to another 4.3 million early deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaner technologies that help reduce burning of fossil fuels and of indoor biomass will provide what Spengler called a \u201cdouble win\u201d of lower warming emissions and improved health due to air quality. New cooking methods could also be a factor in women\u2019s rights and the rights of children, who are disproportionately affected by both the need to gather wood and unhealthy indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>But cleaner air is just one potential health benefit of the Paris agreement. Panelists said that progress against climate change could yield a range of other health-related changes, including fewer droughts, less disruption to agriculture and food supplies, and a dietary shift to less meat and more plants.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing about our health not in play with climate change,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/about\/people\/aaron-bernstein\">Aaron Bernstein<\/a>, associate director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a> and a pediatrician at Harvard-affiliated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of what aspect of health you might want to talk about, climate change matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein pointed out that changes linked to the Paris accord will occur over the next 40 years, as the children and grandchildren of today grow up and raise families of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople care about their health and absolutely care about the health of their children \u2014 that\u2019s one of the most powerful arguments we can make,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to realize that we stand to gain so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Levy, co-author of the book \u201cClimate Change and Public Health\u201d and a former president of the American Public Health Association, said that indigenous peoples whose traditions tie them tightly to the land might be among those most affected by climate change. A warming Arctic affects the Inuit and other native peoples of the far north, but also groups in other parts of the world, such as Masai herders in sub-Saharan Africa, whose lifestyle is tied to cattle, which are vulnerable to droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Times of scarcity can become times of insecurity as well, Levy noted, leading to violence as groups struggle to maintain a hold on suddenly vanishing resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, leaders have made \u201cresilience\u201d a point of emphasis. It\u2019s an important step, panelists said, as individual cities will need strategies against the front-line effects of climate change, such as higher sea levels and hotter heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can understand \u2018resilience,\u2019\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis is what we want to build into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein cautioned that the potential health impact of climate change solutions \u2014 including innovations in energy \u2014 should be considered from the outset, to avoid creating an base of long-lasting, yet ultimately harmful, technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know enough to be able to think critically about our health-energy future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\r\n<p>WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution causes some 7 million premature deaths each year, while indoor air pollution \u2015 largely from burning wood and biomass for cooking and heat \u2014 leads to another 4.3 million early deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaner technologies that help reduce burning of fossil fuels and of indoor biomass will provide what Spengler called a \u201cdouble win\u201d of lower warming emissions and improved health due to air quality. New cooking methods could also be a factor in women\u2019s rights and the rights of children, who are disproportionately affected by both the need to gather wood and unhealthy indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>But cleaner air is just one potential health benefit of the Paris agreement. Panelists said that progress against climate change could yield a range of other health-related changes, including fewer droughts, less disruption to agriculture and food supplies, and a dietary shift to less meat and more plants.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing about our health not in play with climate change,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/about\/people\/aaron-bernstein\">Aaron Bernstein<\/a>, associate director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a> and a pediatrician at Harvard-affiliated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of what aspect of health you might want to talk about, climate change matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein pointed out that changes linked to the Paris accord will occur over the next 40 years, as the children and grandchildren of today grow up and raise families of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople care about their health and absolutely care about the health of their children \u2014 that\u2019s one of the most powerful arguments we can make,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to realize that we stand to gain so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Levy, co-author of the book \u201cClimate Change and Public Health\u201d and a former president of the American Public Health Association, said that indigenous peoples whose traditions tie them tightly to the land might be among those most affected by climate change. A warming Arctic affects the Inuit and other native peoples of the far north, but also groups in other parts of the world, such as Masai herders in sub-Saharan Africa, whose lifestyle is tied to cattle, which are vulnerable to droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Times of scarcity can become times of insecurity as well, Levy noted, leading to violence as groups struggle to maintain a hold on suddenly vanishing resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, leaders have made \u201cresilience\u201d a point of emphasis. It\u2019s an important step, panelists said, as individual cities will need strategies against the front-line effects of climate change, such as higher sea levels and hotter heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can understand \u2018resilience,\u2019\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis is what we want to build into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein cautioned that the potential health impact of climate change solutions \u2014 including innovations in energy \u2014 should be considered from the outset, to avoid creating an base of long-lasting, yet ultimately harmful, technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know enough to be able to think critically about our health-energy future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n"}],"innerHTML":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n\r\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n<\/div>\n","innerContent":["\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n","\r\n","\n\r\n","\r\n","\r\n","\n\n<\/div>\n"],"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p>The Paris climate agreement may turn out to be more than just a major step to protect the planet. It may also wind up being a monumental public health measure.<\/p>\n<p>So says <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dr_maria_neira_508.pdf\">Mar\u00eda Neira<\/a>, director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Department of Public Health and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a strong agreement for public health, probably one of the biggest we\u2019ll sign this century,\u201d said Neira, one of a group of public health experts who addressed health and climate change Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists at <a href=\"https:\/\/theforum.sph.harvard.edu\/events\/climate-change\/\">The Forum at Harvard Chan School<\/a> said that the public health argument for action on climate change has gained resonance in recent years, with air pollution from burning fossil fuels for power becoming an acute problem in developing nations such as China and India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/john-spengler\/\">Jack Spengler<\/a>, the Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation and director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a>, pointed out that Beijing experienced its first red alert for air quality while climate talks were underway in Paris. Local health authorities\u2019 recommendations to stay indoors during air pollution episodes are of little practical use, Spengler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere do they think the indoor air comes from? Outside. This is the old days in London.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYIeFPcpN2A\n<\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br \/>\nIn this Harvard Chan School forum, public health and policy experts picked up where COP21 left off, taking on the critical piece of health within the climate change conversation.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\r\n\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-supporting-content alignleft supporting-content\" id=\"supporting-content-b646ff43-c361-45c2-9132-a5278f07dc01\">\n\t<div class=\"featured-articles is-post-type-post is-style-grid-list\"  style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"featured-articles__title wp-block-heading\">More like this<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"featured-articles__list \">\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"featured-article \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/121415_stavins_131_605.jpg?resize=1200%2C750\" class=\"attachment-large-landscape-desktop size-large-landscape-desktop\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"featured-article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\">\n\t\t\tScience &amp; Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"featured-article__title wp-block-heading \"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/at-last-global-fretting-on-climate-change\/\">At last, global fretting on climate change<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"featured-article__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-14\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 14, 2015\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"featured-article__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlong read\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution causes some 7 million premature deaths each year, while indoor air pollution \u2015 largely from burning wood and biomass for cooking and heat \u2014 leads to another 4.3 million early deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Cleaner technologies that help reduce burning of fossil fuels and of indoor biomass will provide what Spengler called a \u201cdouble win\u201d of lower warming emissions and improved health due to air quality. New cooking methods could also be a factor in women\u2019s rights and the rights of children, who are disproportionately affected by both the need to gather wood and unhealthy indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>But cleaner air is just one potential health benefit of the Paris agreement. Panelists said that progress against climate change could yield a range of other health-related changes, including fewer droughts, less disruption to agriculture and food supplies, and a dietary shift to less meat and more plants.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really nothing about our health not in play with climate change,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/about\/people\/aaron-bernstein\">Aaron Bernstein<\/a>, associate director of the Harvard Chan School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\">Center for Health and the Global Environment<\/a> and a pediatrician at Harvard-affiliated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>. \u201cRegardless of what aspect of health you might want to talk about, climate change matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein pointed out that changes linked to the Paris accord will occur over the next 40 years, as the children and grandchildren of today grow up and raise families of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople care about their health and absolutely care about the health of their children \u2014 that\u2019s one of the most powerful arguments we can make,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to realize that we stand to gain so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Levy, co-author of the book \u201cClimate Change and Public Health\u201d and a former president of the American Public Health Association, said that indigenous peoples whose traditions tie them tightly to the land might be among those most affected by climate change. A warming Arctic affects the Inuit and other native peoples of the far north, but also groups in other parts of the world, such as Masai herders in sub-Saharan Africa, whose lifestyle is tied to cattle, which are vulnerable to droughts.<\/p>\n<p>Times of scarcity can become times of insecurity as well, Levy noted, leading to violence as groups struggle to maintain a hold on suddenly vanishing resources.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, leaders have made \u201cresilience\u201d a point of emphasis. It\u2019s an important step, panelists said, as individual cities will need strategies against the front-line effects of climate change, such as higher sea levels and hotter heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone can understand \u2018resilience,\u2019\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis is what we want to build into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein cautioned that the potential health impact of climate change solutions \u2014 including innovations in energy \u2014 should be considered from the outset, to avoid creating an base of long-lasting, yet ultimately harmful, technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know enough to be able to think critically about our health-energy future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n"}},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177313,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/sick-planet-sick-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":177651,"position":0},"title":"Sick planet, sick people","author":"harvardgazette","date":"December 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Harvard scientists are helping launch a new initiative to foster collaboration among scientists working at the intersection of the environment and health.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science &amp; Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science &amp; Tech","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/myers605.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/myers605.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/myers605.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":180384,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2016\/03\/president-fausts-climate-initiative-awards-1m-in-grants\/","url_meta":{"origin":177651,"position":1},"title":"President Faust&#8217;s climate initiative awards $1M in grants","author":"harvardgazette","date":"March 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The recipients of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative launched last year by President Drew Faust, were announced. The 10 winning projects are purposely diverse in focus, ranging from policy and law to science and health. 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