GOV 477: Global Environmental Health
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- GOV 477: Global Environmental Health
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Current News
- Environmental News NetworkENN's mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.
- Center for International Earth Science Information NetworkCIESIN’s mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of information worldwide, advancing understanding of human interactions in the environment and serving the needs of science and public and private decision making.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
- New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowThe New York Times Historical Archive offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Sept. 18, 1851- 4 Years Ago, full-text.
- NewsBank This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to major U.S. and international newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, The Chicago Sun-Times, and local Lancaster newspapers. Also includes newswires, transcripts, and U.S. small town newspapers. Coverage varies per title, with some dating back 50 years.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowProvides access to: The New York Times (1980- present), The Wall Street Journal (1984- present), The Washington Post (1987- present), The Los Angeles Times (1985- present), and The Chicago Tribune (1985- present).
Environmental Web Sites
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Links to news items, conferences, reports, and more.
- United Nations Climate ChangeThis site provides information about meetings and climate action. There is also a link to a collection of documents and decisions.
- Global Resource Information DatabasePart of UNEP, this resource provides environmental data and information for decision-making and policy setting; underpins UNEP's ongoing review of environmental state and trends; and provides early warnings about emerging environmental problems and threats.
- Center for Climate and Energy SolutionsLaunched in 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, long recognized in the United States and abroad as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues.
- U. S. Global Change Research ProgramWhile the focus here is on climate change in the United States, there is some discussion of the world-wide impact.
- Paris Agreement on Climate ChangeThis information is from the UN's Climate Change web site
- Convention on Biological DiversityIncludes information about the Convention, its parties, protocols, and activities.
- ABS Capacity Development InitiativeThe ABS Capacity Development Initiative was established in 2006 to support the development and implementation of national regulations on "Access and Benefit Sharing" (ABS).
The guiding principles of the ABS Initiative's approach arise from the third objective of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the 2010 Nagoya Protocol.
Our activities engage members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group of States) and other countries on the African continent. These activities are stakeholder- and topic-related or focused on the geographical setting. - International Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentThis page takes you to the coverage of biodiversity and wildlife.
Global Health Organizations
- World Health Organization (WHO)WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.
- Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) Working in Global Health ResearchA directory with links to more than 30 international organizations.
- Global Health CouncilAdvocates with the broader community in U.S. and multilateral forums for sound, strong global health policies and resources.
- International Health OrganizationIHO was founded by an inter-disciplinary group of global health experts drawn from different schools and institutions at Harvard University – Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, former Harvard Institute of International Development, J F Kennedy School of Government, among others.