This report improves our understanding of which socially vulnerable populations – defined on income, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, and age – may be more exposed to the highest impacts of climate change.

The climate crisis is the defining human and child’s rights challenge of this generation, and is already having a devastating impact on the well-being of children globally. Understanding where and....

This research finds that between now and 2065, climate change will quadruple U.S. outdoor workers’ exposure to extreme heat conditions, jeopardizing their health and placing up to $55.4 billion of their earnings at....

This report synthesizes scientific research and finds total health costs surpass $1 trillion a year—and are rising, and also offers recommendations to alleviate this costly climate health problem.

The American Lung Association has analyzed data from official air quality monitors to compile the State of the Air report. The more you learn about the air you breathe, the....

This latest report finds that with climate action, the lives of millions can be improved and saved.

The Health Effects Institute released their “State of Global Air” 2020 report, a global report card on air pollution exposures and their impacts on human health.

This 2020 national report by the American Lung Association highlights the potential for major public health benefits of widespread electrification of the transportation sector. Across the United States, the transportation sector is a....

A summary of health effects, resources, and adaptation examples from health departments funded by CDC’s Climate and Health Program.

This Policy Brief showcases U.S. data from the global indicators with additional supplemental source data to draw out the most nationally relevant findings and highlight the key threats and opportunities....

An unprecedented challenge demands an unprecedented response. This 2019 Report tracks the relationship between health and climate change across five key domains and 41 indicators.

This research explores youth-led climate strikes and how they have successfully impacted Amerian awareness of the youth’s demands for climate action and are stoking adults’ emotions, including hope, alarm, and....

A report which details the impact that health care is having on the planet through food, energy use, transport and anesthetic gases.

An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.

The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency We often hear that energy efficiency saves money and creates jobs, but what do we know about its public....

An IPCC 2018 Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the....

Overview This report is a contribution from the public health community to support the negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was written at the....

Health and Climate Change Brief for the US This Brief focuses on connections between climate change and health in the United States (U.S.) in 2017. It draws out some of....

Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States The National Climate Assessment (NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability and its....

Communities across the nation are taking action to reduce the effects of climate change on health. Read Adaptation in Action Part II 2018: Grantee Success Stories from CDC's Climate and....