2020 Lancet Countdown Policy Brief for the US
This latest report finds that with climate action, the lives of millions can be improved and saved.
State of Global Air 2020
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.
The Road to Clean Air 2020
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....
2019 Lancet Countdown Policy Brief for the US
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....
2019 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
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.
ACPS Vol. VII: Student Climate Strikes Raise Awareness, Understanding, Emotions
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....
Health Care’s Climate Footprint
A report which details the impact that health care is having on the planet through food, energy use, transport and anesthetic gases.
IPCC Report: Climate Change and Land
An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Saving Energy, Saving Lives
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....
IPCC 2018 Report – Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
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....
COP24 Special Report: Health & Climate Change
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....
2018 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Brief for the US
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....
2018 National Climate Assessment
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....
Adaptation in Action
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....
Report: Medical Alert! Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
Full Report Most Americans understand that climate change is real and are concerned about it. But most still see climate change as a far away threat, in both time and....
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance
The report, “Mental Health and Our Changing Climate,” published earlier this year in collaboration with leading psychologists and the American Psychological Association and EcoAmerica’s Climate for Health, chronicles the impacts of climate....
A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity
This guide is a resource to strengthen and inform your voice as a trusted health professional on climate change and the social determinants of health. This report is meant to....
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Climate and Health Assessment has been developed to enhance understanding and inform decisions about the growing threat of climate change to the health....
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits
[In: Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects.] Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The health of human populations is sensitive to....
2014 National Climate Assessment
The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. A team of more than 300 experts guided by a 60-member....