Avoiding, preparing for, and effectively responding to the significant challenges posed by climate change require extensive engagement across scientific disciplines, decision makers, and the public.
Ebi et al. (2009) presented a timely and important analysis of the federal investment in research focused on understanding, avoiding, preparing for, and adapting to the health impacts of climate variability and change.
In this commentary we summarize the health risks of climate change in the United States and examine the extent of federal funding devoted to understanding, avoiding, preparing for, and responding to the human health risks of climate change.
Both components are inter-related and inherently 'social' in that it is social processes that largely determine different abilities to avoid, prepare for, withstand and recover from impacts of hazards (Wisner et al. 2004).
Adaptation indicators are needed to measure the status of public health efforts to avoid, prepare for, and effectively respond to the risks of climate change.
We discovered during the process of researching and writing SAP 4.6 that federal investment in research on the health impacts of climate change has been extremely limited, leaving the United States insufficiently able to avoid, prepare for, and respond adequately to the risks.
Given the observed and projected changes in climate and weather patterns, their current and anticipated health impacts, and the significant degree of regulatory discussion underway in the U.S. government, it is reasonable to determine the extent of federal investment in research to understand, avoid, prepare for, and respond to the human health impacts of climate change in the United States.
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For the rest of the Jets' starters, who will go about 20 plays before giving way to the second string for much of the second and third quarters, the second preseason game is little more than an exercise in avoiding injury and preparing for the regular season.
