While health impacts of climate change are increasingly evident, adaptation planning for climate health impacts in the United States (US) has lagged. In the absence of a national climate and health adaptation plan, varied approaches have been taken by states to address health in their adaptation planning. The authors reviewed state adaptation plans developed since 2008 to assess how health adaptation strategies were included and to document identified adaptation gaps and needs.
Katharine Weber, Aparna Bole, John Balbus, Climate change and health: An assessment of state level adaptation plans, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 26, 2025, 100593, ISSN 2667-2782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100593.