The Global Climate and Health Alliance was formed in 2011. The Alliance works to tackle climate change and to protect and promote public health. People with chronic health conditions, lower-income, and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by both COVID-19 and climate change, and pollution is at the heart of both problems as a new Harvard T.H. Climate change is already having a noticeable impact on the environment and global health. To help decision makers and communities identify areas and people at greatest risk to climate change impacts and prioritize protective actions, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) sponsored the Climate Change and Environmental Exposures Challenge. Alliance members are health organizations from around the world, united by a shared vision of a sustainable future.

Global Climate Change, Population Displacement, and Public Health is a vital resource for an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers representing a variety of disciplines, including public health, public policy, social work, urban development, climate and environmental science, engineering, and medicine. WHO Global Programme on Climate Change & Health. A new report says that climate change represents the biggest global health threat of the 21 st century.. Climate change, conflict and the gap between rich and poor are among the top threats to global health, the World Health Organization has said. 10,11 The nature of risks and population vulnerability will vary by region; indirect consequences such as ecosystem collapse may overshadow more direct health effects, yet are more difficult to estimate. Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS . Climate Change and Health: Food Security If no action is taken, millions – perhaps billions – of people are at risk of malnutrition as staple crops and other fruits and vegetables become harder to grow, more expensive, and less nutritious. Read more While the physical health impacts of climate change are well known, the impact on mental health has only begun to be recognized in the last decade. Climate change, conflict and the gap between rich and poor are among the top threats to global health, the World Health Organization has said. With rising global temperatures and sea levels, decreased agricultural outputs, and deforestation – climate change impacts the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the land on which we live. Dr. Renee N. Salas is a Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Climate change threatens to reverse the gains in global child health and the reductions in global child mortality made over the past 25 years. Climate change represents one of the biggest challenges to the long term health of the world’s population.

Download the programme summary pdf, 498kb; Climate change is among the greatest health risks of the 21st Century.

Teams created data visualization tools and maps to connect current science on climate change to … Chan School of Public Health and Affiliated Faculty and previous Burke Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI). Why climate change threatens public health As the Earth warms, extreme weather events, increased disease risk and even compromised health facilities … Climate change, as a global disturbance, can exacerbate many environmental health risks familiar to clinicians and public health professionals. Climate change threatens to widen the health gap between the haves and have-nots. Climate change isn’t just happening in the Arctic Circle and Antarctica where more ice is melting year after year.

Chan School of Public health study confirms. Here's why addressing environmental issues that drive poor health is a starting point.