In the final podcast of this 3-part series, hear what two recent climate assessments — the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment — say about the health impacts of climate change in the United States and around the globe from Dr. Kim Knowlton.

With rising temperatures, more frequent extreme weather events, and a host of effects on air quality, food supply, and infectious diseases, climate change is projected to have a major impact on human health and well-being. In many places, these effects are already being felt.

In this 3-part series, hear what two recent climate assessments — the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment — say about the health impacts of climate change in the United States and around the globe.

Part 3: Dr. Kim Knowlton: Focus on National Climate Assessment

Kim Knowlton, Dr.P.H., is a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council's health and environment program and assistant clinical professor of environmental health sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She served as co-convening lead author for the human health chapter of the Third National Climate Assessment and participated in the development of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment report. Her work focuses on the health effects of climate change and she has researched heat- and ozone-related mortality and illnesses; connections between climate change and pollen, allergies and asthma, and infectious diseases; the health costs of climate change; and domestic and international climate-health preparedness strategies.

Other Episodes in the Same Series

• Dr. John Balbus: Overview (Part I)
• Dr. Alistair Woodward: Focus on IPCC Fifth Assessment (Part II)

For More Information

• IPCC Fifth Assessment
• National Climate Assessment
• NIEHS Focus on Climate Change and Human Health
• Climate Change