Spring 2022 - To address the health effects associated with climate change and facilitate health, NIEHS took a lead role to establish the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative. 

The initiative is an urgent, cross-cutting NIH effort to reduce health threats from climate change across the lifespan and build health resilience in individuals, communities, and nations around the world, especially among those at highest risk. 

The NIEHS Director serves as the chair of the Executive Committee, comprised initially of directors from six other institutes and centers that work together to lead the Initiative. The Initiative is guided by a Strategic Framework that reflects extensive input and coordination with community organizations and academic scientists to collect, analyze, and synthesize a diversity of views, needs, and opportunities. An article by the NIH leaders of the Initiative is published in The Lancet in November 2022.

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