News Articles

• 27 Oct 2009: A Call to Copenhagen - Health Effects of Climate Change: Major Study Unveiled, Evaluates Strategies to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2009/october27/index.cfm)
• A Closer Look at Climate Change Skepticism (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.118-a536)
• Accounting for Nature's Benefits: The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services 
• Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems  
• Balbus Spreads the NIEHS Message on Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/june/spotlight-balbus.cfm)
• Birnbaum Puts a Human Face on Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/april/spotlight-birnbaum.cfm)
• Climate Change and Children’s Health: Protecting and Preparing Our Youngest (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.119-a132b)
• Climate Change and Infectious Disease: Is the Future Here? 
• Climate Change Impacts Indoor Environment 
• Downscaling Climate Models: Sharpening the Focus on Local-Level Changes  ]
• Dr. Balbus Reports on US Federal Climate Change and Health Initiatives (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/january/spotlight-balbus.cfm)
• Economist models effects of global climate change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/may/science-models/index.cfm)
• Forecasts Aid HABs Response 
• Group Issues White Paper on Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/may/spotlight-group.cfm)
• Homeschoolers Expand Their Understanding of Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/july/homeschoolers.cfm)
• Laureate Cautious, Offers Some Hope About Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/may/laureate.cfm)
• Local Students Energized by Climate Change Workshop (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/july/spotlight-local/index.cfm)
• Managing the Risks of Extreme Weather: IPCC Special Report 
• Meeting Explores NIEHS Climate Change Agenda (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/may/climate.cfm)
• More Lack in the World: The Complex Connection between Undernutrition and Climate Change 
• New study estimates heat wave mortality from climate change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/june/science-mortality/index.cfm)
• NIH Announces Climate Change and Health Funding (http://niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010/september/spotlight-nih.cfm)
• NIH Launches Research Program To Explore Health Effects from Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2011/october06/index.cfm)
• NIH-led Interagency Group Identifies Research Needs to Study Climate Change and Human Health Impacts (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/releases/2010/nih-led.cfm)
• Nobel Winner Review the Science of the Greenhouse Effect (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/july/greenhouse.cfm)
• Pregnancy Pause: Extreme Heat Linked to Shortened Gestation 
• Preparing a People: Climate Change and Public Health (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.119-a166)
• Scientists Link Health and Climate Change at National Meeting (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2008/february/climate.cfm)
• Stormwater Strategies: Cities Prepare Aging Infrastructure for Climate Change 
• Students Confront the Human Health Effects of Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2011/february/spotlight-students/)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Anenberg SC, Schwartz J, Shindell D, Amann M, Faluvegi G, Klimont Z, et al. 2012. Global air quality and health co-benefits of mitigating near-term climate change through methane and black carbon emission controls. [Article] Environmental Health Perspectives. dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104301
• Dominici F, Peng RD, Bell ML, Pham L, McDermott A, Zeger SL, Samet JM. March 2008. Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.   [Article] Journal of American Medical Association. 295(10): doi: 10.1001/jama.295.10.1127
• Lipp E., Huq A., Colwell R. 2002. Effects of global climate on infectious disease: The cholera model.  [Article] American Society for Microbiology. 15 (4): 757-770.
• Perera F, Li T, Zhou Z, Yuan T, Chen Y, et al. 2008. Benefits of reducing prenatal exposure to coal-burning pollutants to children’s neurodevelopment in china. [Article]  Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(10): doi:10.1289/ehp.11480.  
• Semenza JC, Suk JE, Estevez V, Ebi KL, Lindgren E. 2011. Mapping climate change vulnerabilities to infectious diseases in Europe. [Article] Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(3): doi:10.1289/ehp.1103805.
• Lloyd SJ, Kovats RS, Chalabi Z. 2011. Climate change, crop yields, and undernutrition: Development of a model to quantify the impact of climate scenarios on child undernutrition. [Article] Environmental Health Perspectives 119(12): doi:10.1289/ehp.1003311
• Health and Climate Change Series  2010. [Website] The Lancet.
• Chan M. 2009. Series Comment: Cutting carbon, improving health. [Article] The Lancet. 374(9705): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61993-0
• Costello A, Abbas M, Allen A, Ball S, et al. May 2009. Managing the health impacts of climate change.   [Abstract] The Lancet. 373 (9676): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60935-1.
• Friel S, Dangour A, Garnett T, Lock K, et. al. 2009. Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture.   [Abstract] The Lancet. 374 (9706): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61753-0.
• Gill M, Stott R. 2009. Series Comment: Health professionals must act to tackle climate change.   [Article] The Lancet 374(9706): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61830-4
• Haines A, McMichael A, Smith K, Roberts, et. al. 2009. Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and implications for policy makers.  [Abstract] The Lancet. 374(9707): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61759-1.
• Haines A, Wilkinson P, Tonne C, Roberts I. 2009. Series Comment: Aligning Climate Change and Public Health Policies.  [Article] The Lancet. 374(9707) doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61667-6.
• Horton R. 2009. Series Comment: The climate dividend. [Article] The Lancet. 374(9705): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61994-2
• Markandya A, Armstrong, B, Hales S, Chiabai, A, et. al. 2009. Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: low-carbon electricity generation.  [Abstract] The Lancet. 374( 9706): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61715-3.
• Smith K, Jerrett M, Anderson R, Burnett R, Stone V, et. al. 2009. Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: health implications of short-lived greenhouse pollutants  [Abstract]. The Lancet. 374 (9707): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61716-5.
• Wilkinson P, Smith K, Davies, M, Adair H, et. al. 2009. Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: household energy.   [Abstract] The Lancet. 374 (9705): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61713-X.
• Woodcock J, Edwards P, Tonne C, Armstrong, B, et. al. 2009.   Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport.   [Abstract] The Lancet. 374(9705): doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61714-1.

Policy Statements

• Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/2009fedleader_eo_rel.pdf   )
  
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement ( http://www.hhs.gov/about/sustainability/index.html  )

Presentations

• Public Health Impacts of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2009/climate/agenda.cfm)
  The National Press Club
  529 14th Street, Washington, DC
  November 29, 2009
  
• Congressional Roundtable: Addressing Climate Change Impacts on the World’s Poorest Communities and U.S. Foreign Policy (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/congress-address-cc.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/congress-address-cc.pdf)

  April 25, 2008
   

• Framing the NIEHS Agenda on Climate Change

  NIH Campus
  Bethesda, Maryland
  April 16, 2008

  • Samuel Wilson, M.D. (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/wilson-climate-change-april16.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/wilson-climate-change-april16.pdf)
  • Sharon Hrynkow, Ph.D.   (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/hrynkow-only-climate-change-april16.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/hrynkow-only-climate-change-april16.pdf)
  • Christopher Portier, Ph.D. (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/portier-climate-change-april16.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/portier-climate-change-april16.pdf)
  • Julia Gohlke, Ph.D. (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/gohlke-climate-change-april16.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/gohlke-climate-change-april16.pdf)

• Climate Change and Environmental Health Research (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/cc-envirohealth.ppt) [PDF] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/cc-envirohealth.pdf)

  Society for International Development
  Washington, DC
  March 5, 2008
   

• Climate Change and Health (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/presentations/rjohnson.pdf)

  National Center for Atmospheric Research
  NIEHS Campus
  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  February 27, 2003

Reports

• A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change Executive Summary [PDF]
• A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change Report (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/materials/a_human_health_perspective_on_climate_change_full_report.pdf)
• Adapting to Climate Variability and Change: A Guidance Manual for Development Planning [PDF]
• Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems [PDF]
• Framing the Agenda on Climate Change (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/articles/framingreport.pdf)
• Highlights of National Academies Reports: Understanding and Responding to Climate Change  
• Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force: Recommended Actions in Support of a National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy  
• Solving the Puzzle: Researching the Impacts of Climate Change Around the World [PDF]

Resources for Educators

• Center for Climate Change Communication Primer 
• Environmental Health Perspectives Climate Change Lesson Plans (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/sciedtopics.action#climate)
  • Controlling Pollutants: A Look at California’s Model (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/pdf/scied/2007/california.pdf)
  • In Katrina’s Wake (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/pdf/scied/2006/hurricane.pdf)
  • Ocean Acidification (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied008a)
  • Particles: Size Makes All the Difference (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied015)
  • The Buffer-Zone: Acid-Base Chemistry in the World’s Oceans (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied008)
  • The Kyoto Protocol: What Should We Do? (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied007)
  • What’s the Plan? (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/pdf/scied/2006/weather.pdf)
  • What’s All the Buzz About? Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied024)
  • Investigating PAHs: Your Own Mini-Epi Study (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.scied017)
• Environmental Health Perspectives Science Education Program (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/scied.action)
• Teacher’s Domain: A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change 
• Climate Change and Human Health Teacher Edition (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/static/pdf/scied/ClimateChange_HumanHealth.pdf)

Websites

• Climate Change at the National Academies 
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Health Impacts of Climate Change 
• The Interagency Cross-Cutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health 
• The Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health  (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/programs/climatechange/cchh-congress-reprint-6-2-508.pdf)
• World Health Organization: Climate Change and Human Health 
• U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) 
• National Climate Assessment 

Videos

• Tackling Climate Change: the Good News 

  This video is based on a 2009 Lancet article series on the health co-benefits of climate mitigation. This research was co-funded by the Wellcome Trust, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the NIEHS.