Reports and Resources

Reports and Assessments

 

International Resources

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- 5th Assessment Report: Volume II, Chapter 11 -- Health

World Health Organization (WHO) -- Quantitative Risk Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Selected Causes of Death, 2030s and 2050s

 

US-National Resources

US Global Change Research Program's (USGCRP) National Climate Assessment (NCA) -- Full Report

US Global Change Research Program's (USGCRP) National Climate Assessment (NCA) -- Climate and Human Health Chapter

US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) -- The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment 

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) -- Primary Protection: Enhancing Health Care Resilience for a Changing Climate

US Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Climate Change Indicators in the United States

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Climate Change Impacts and Risks Analysis (CIRA) 

 

US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) -- A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change

 

Select Regional/State/Local Resources

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 5: Public Health Impacts and Resiliency

 

Massachusetts Department of Public Health -- Capacity to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change in Massachusetts 

 

California Department of Public Health -- Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning

 

 

Agencies and Organizations

 

International Agencies/Organizations

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):  Universities Space Research Association -- Global Climate Change

World Health Organization (WHO)

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

Healthcare without Harm

 

National (US-based) Agencies/Organizations 

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

 

Select Regional/State/Local Agencies/Organizations

California Department of Public Health

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Massachusets Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health 

 

 

Tools

 

US General Services Administration -- Open Data: Climate and Human Health 

US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) -- Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office: Climate Resilience Toolkit -- Human Health 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- Building Resistance Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -- National Integrated Heat Health Information Systems (NIHHIS) 

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) -- Data Library