Tracking Climate Change Indicators: Louisiana, 2016

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• Personal Author:
  Lackovic M ; Reilly A
• Description:
  Southeast Louisiana is one of the most vulnerable locations in the developed world to climate change. The impacts of climate change under all assessed emission scenarios include more frequent and intense heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and sea level rise. Severe consequences have already been observed: in January 2016, Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebonne parish was the first United States community to receive federal tax dollars for resettlement due to climate change. The island has been the historical homeland and burial ground of the state-recognized tribe of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians. Since 1955, the island has lost about 98% of its land due to saltwater intrusion, subsidence, and sea level rise. Public health plays an important role in preventing and preparing for climate change by tracking population health impacts related to climate change, advancing adaptation and prevention actions, and promoting mitigation activities to reduce human actions that contribute to climate change. Staff from the Department of Health's Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology (SEET) are tracking climate change indicators developed and recommended by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists' Climate Change Subcommittee. A recently released SEET report includes a summary description of select indicators plus data for the most recent years available, as well as historical data for the past 25 years. One of these indicators, temperature change, is the focus of this article. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Hot Temperature Occupational Health Public Health Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Climate Change Heat Exposure Hot Environments Public Health Surveillance Temperature Effects
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066222
• Citation:
  LA Morbid Rep 2016 Jul-Aug; 27(4):1,4-5
• Email:
  michelle.lackovic@la.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Louisiana State Office of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150720
• Source Full Name:
  Louisiana Morbidity Report
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:95c3853410a99ea79e8c0c35cf2798a894485f98192e908ced1c71c7901e1b908d029d5f82fcdf92005c5d6e3fc94c5840e05ab012e19c482145ed40f184fa3d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212712/cdc_212712_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 577.90 KB ]