article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Debates on climate change can break down fairly fast.
article_snippet.sent: There are those who believe that mankind's activities are changing the planet's climate, and those who don't.
article_snippet.sent: But a new way to talk about climate change is emerging, which shifts focus from impersonal discussions about greenhouse gas emissions and power plants to a very personal one: your health.
article_snippet.sent: This new way of talking about climate change -- and linking it to public health issues -- was part of a roundtable discussion Tuesday at Howard University College of Medicine.
article_snippet.sent: Still, there exists a sizable group of people who doubt climate change is happening.
article_snippet.sent: Although climate scientists have been in the news describing this winter as a strong signal that global warming is producing extreme weather, Americans are no more likely today (55%) than in the past two years to believe the effects of global warming are occurring," according to a March Gallup poll.
article_snippet.sent: A 2013 TIME magazine article makes the case that medical professionals may be the best messengers for global warming.
article_snippet.sent: Framing global warming as a public health issue rather than as an environmental or national security one produces the most emotionally compelling response among people, since it focuses on the immediate implications a warmer climate would have on people's lives," A 2013 TIME magazine article says.
highlights_snippet.sent: Linking climate change to how it affects a person's health is a new way to talk about the subject .