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Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment
Citation:
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Impact/Purpose:
The interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has developed this assessment as part of the ongoing efforts of their National Climate Assessment (NCA) and as called for under the President’s Climate Action Plan. The purpose of this assessment is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based, and where possible, quantitative estimation of observed and projected climate change-related health impacts in the United States. The assessment is intended to inform public health officials, disaster response planners, multi-sector policy and decision makers, and other stakeholders about the risks that climate change presents to human health.
Description:
Climate change threatens human health and well-being in the United States. To address this growing threat, the Interagency Group on Climate Change and Human Health (CCHHG), a working group of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s (USGCRP), has developed this assessment as part of the ongoing efforts of the USGCRP’s National Climate Assessment (NCA) and as called for under the President’s Climate Action Plan. The authors of this assessment have compiled and assessed current research on human health impacts of climate change and summarized the current “state of the science” for a number of key impact areas. This assessment provides a comprehensive update to the most recent detailed technical assessment for the health impacts of climate change, 2008 Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6 (SAP 4.6) Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems (CCSP 2008). It also updates and builds upon the health chapter of the third NCA (Melillo et al. 2014). The lead and coordinating Federal agencies for the USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Institute of Health (NIH), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Available at https://health2016.globalchange.gov/
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Peer Review Plan (PDF, NA pp, 34 KB, about PDF)NAS Peer Review Charge (PDF, NA pp, 58 KB, about PDF)
NAS Peer Review Report (PDF, NA pp, 868 KB, about PDF)
USGCRP Response to NRC (PDF, NA pp, 365 KB, about PDF)