Materials to Get You Started
Just getting started with your adaptation planning? Below is a helpful list of seminal resources, expert organizations, assessments and sample plans below for your use. Click the tabs below to view materials by sector.
Leading Organizations in the Public Health Sector
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) formally established its Climate and Health Program in FY 2009, leading efforts to prevent and adapt to the anticipated health impacts associated with climate change. The program seeks to identify...
ASTHO formed the Climate Change Collaborative (CCC) to help state and territorial health agencies (STHAs) prepare for, mitigate and react to the effects of climate change.
Utilizing representatives across multiple disciplines, the CCC...
Representing local health departments, NACCHO serves as a useful resource to local and state governments to build capacity in their programs to increase internal awareness of public health impacts of climate change and to be able to respond to...
Exemplary Public Health Resources
This manual and a corresponding training program were developed to provide tools and resources to address the need for climate preparedness in the public health sector, including by county public health departments and community based health...
In 2009-2010, the Association of Public Health Agencies, with funding from and in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, hosted a year-long, six-part webinar series titled “Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role....
This report, from Trust for America's Health (TFAH), examines the human health effects of climate change and the role public health authorities must play in preventing and preparing for further climate-related damage. It also explores the...
Public Health Assessments
National Assessments
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Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S.: Water Chapter |
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Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6: Analysis of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems |
Guidance
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Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health adaptation to climate change |
Sample State and Local Assessments
View more: Public health assessments
Public Health Adaptation Plans
Guidance
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Excessive Heat Events Guidebook |
Sample State and Local Plans
View more: Public health plans | Plans by state
