2022-07-22
CIGH Human and Planetary Health Newsletter
  • CIGH announces 2022 seed grant awardees – including some human & planetary health-related projects.
  • Stanford researchers discuss impacts of heat on laborers.
  • White House considers declaring climate emergency to drive forward clean energy and heat adaptation goals. 
  • New Yorker video: "American Scar" depicting "the environmental tragedy of the border wall.
  • NASEM Earth and Life Studies event on climate and wildfires Thurs, Aug 25, 12-1pm PT.  
  • Guerrero-Pinada et al. 2022 discuss integrating biodiversity conservation with agriculture: "...agricultural expansion, left unchecked, would increase national biodiversity loss by 38–52% by 2033, and... doubling [conservation] investment is necessary to counteract this loss." 
  • Xu et al. 2022: Oil palm plantations are expanding in Indonesia and Malaysia, with massive forest loss consequences. 
  • Is "survival of the fittest" more based on cooperation than competition? 
  • Stanford Medicine leaders sign on to White House climate pledge.
  • Sustainability Accelerator funds 30 projects in first round of grants – featuring many HPH faculty & initiatives.
  • NIH grant opportunity for administrative supplements in climate & health – add-on funding for existing NIH grants. Deadline: Jul 27. More information here.
    "With support from the NIH Office of the Director, the participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) invite applications to supplement active NIH awards to seed new activities and partnerships in climate change and health (CCH) research and research training. We particularly invite applications for supplements to grants that are not currently focused on CCH but wish to include CCH measures and outcomes within the scope of their current research and training specific aims..."
  • California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) assesses economic impacts of wildfire smoke – feat. Michael Wara & Mary Prunicki as steering committee members and the Bill Lane Center's Cade Cannedy authoring sections on health impacts. 
  • Ray et al. 2022: The world isn't currently growing enough food crops to address current malnourishment – expected to increase with population growth. "We recommend that food-insecure nations, non-governmental organizations and other aid groups immediately incentivize harvests and yield growth of directly consumed food crops. To close any gap in nourishment in food-insecure nations that cannot be locally met, highly productive world regions should also be incentivized to divert a portion of their production towards directly consumed food crops."
  • WHO and Global Climate & Health Alliance call for increased climate education for health professionals.
  • Van Daalen et al 2022: Gender-based violence increases during or after extreme weather events, "often related to economic instability, food insecurity, mental stress, disrupted infrastructure, increased exposure to men, tradition, and exacerbated gender inequality."
  • Kurth & Potter call for engaging nurses in planetary health education & action.
  • IAP overviews health & climate challenges.
  • Planetary Health Alliance newsletter summarizes research updates & new opportunities. Planetary Health Annual Meeting to be hosted in hybrid format Oct 31-Nov 2 in Boston.