PUB 560 Grand Canyon University Climate Change Droughts In US PresentationCourse

PUB 560School

Grand Canyon UniversityDepartment

PUB

Question Description

Evaluate a significant environmental change occurring in your region (wildfires, higher-than average temperatures, droughts, floods, etc.). Create a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation explaining how natural disasters are influenced by climate change. Include comprehensive speaker notes for each slide. Include the following:

1. Describe the natural disaster. Discuss how climate change has contributed to the natural disaster that is causing the environmental change. Discuss the potential anthropogenic and natural causes. Provide evidence to support your claims.
2. Describe the human population health issues likely to be exacerbated by the environmental change. Identify one or more surveillance reports, and discuss data from these sources, relevant to the event and region. Discuss the methods used in data collection. Use a table or graph to display your findings.
3. Explain the impact is climate change projected to have on animal and ecosystem health in your region.
4. Discuss how your region’s environmental policy, or lack of policy, has influenced and shaped the response to the environmental change.
5. Explain how local and regional environmental policies have a global impact when it comes to climate change.
6. Explain how the people in your region, including community members and leaders, perceive the concept of climate change. How do their opinions regarding climate change affect the environmental policy in your region? Describe some of the challenges to addressing climate change in your region.

You are required to cite to three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content. Please cite any and all references used.