Reports & Articles

​**The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences offers a Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal: An integrated, curated bibliographic database of global peer-reviewed research and gray literature on the science of climate impacts on human health.**

• Medical students and faculty from 12 U.S. & Canadian Medical Schools, Planetary Health Report Card, 2019-2020 Pilot: U.S. & Canadian Medical Schools, July 2020.

• Krasna H, Czabanowska K, Jiang S, Khadka S, Morita H, Kornfeld J et al. The Future of Careers at the Intersection of Climate Change and Public Health: What Can Job Postings and an Employer Survey Tell Us?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Jan;17(4):1310.

• Manning C. The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis. University of California San Francisco Magazine. 2019 Dec 16.

• Watts N, Amann M, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Belesova K, Boykoff M et al. The 2019 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Ensuring that the Health of a Child Born Today is Not Defined by a Changing Climate. The Lancet. 2019 Nov 16;394(10211):1836-78.

• Caicedo GC, Li C. Enseñanza de Cambio Climático y Salud en Facultades de Medicina en Colombia. Revista de Salud Ambiental. 2019 Nov 14;19(2):116-24.

• Essential Hospitals Institute. The State of Climate Resilience and Climate Mitigation Efforts at Essential Hospitals: Findings and Recommendations from a Formative Evaluation. 2019 Nov.

• McDermott-Levy R, Kolanowski AM, Fick DM, Mann ME. Addressing the Health Risks of Climate Change in Older Adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 2019 Oct 25;45(11):21-9.

• Karliner J, Slotterback S, Boyd R, Ashby B, Steele K. Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Sector Contributes to the Global Climate Crisis and Opportunities for Action. Health Care Without Harm. 2019 September.

• McCarthy G, Bernstein A. Combating EPA Rollbacks—Health Care’s Response to a Retreat on Climate. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 Aug 22;381(8):696-8.

• Salas RN, Solomon CG. The Climate Crisis—Health and Care Delivery. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 Aug 22;381(8):e13.

• Amelung D, Fischer H, Herrmann A, Aall C, Louis VR, Becher H et al. Human Health as a Motivator for Climate Change Mitigation: Results from Four European High-income Countries. Global Environmental Change. 2019 Jul 1;57:101918.

• Frumkin H, Haines A. Global Environmental Change and Noncommunicable Disease Risks. Annual Review of Public Health. 2019 Apr 1;40.

• Silverman G. Systematic Lack of Educational Preparation in Addressing Climate Change as a Major Public Health Challenge. American Journal of Public Health. 2019 Feb 1;109(2):242-3.

• Lemery J, Sorensen C, Balbus J, Newman L, Davis C, Reno E et al. Science policy training for a new physician leader: Description and Framework of a Novel Climate and Health Science Policy Fellowship. AEM Education and Training. 2019.

• Haines A, Ebi K. The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019 Jan 17;380(3):263-73.

• Cayon C. Preparing Medical Students for a Warmer World. 2019 Jan 03. Common Dreams.

• World Health Organization. COP24 special report: health and climate change. World Health Organization. 2018. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

• Watts N, Amann M, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Belesova K, Berry H et al. The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come. The Lancet. 2018 Nov 28.

• USGCRP. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. Reidmiller DR, Avery CW, Easterling DR, Kunkel KE, Lewis KLM, Maycock TK et al. (eds). US Global Change Research Program: Washington, DC. 2018.

• IPCC. Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Masson-Delmotte V, Zhai P, Pörtner HO, Roberts D, Skea J, Shukla PR et al. (eds). 2018.

• Butler C. Climate Change, Health and Existential Risks to Civilization: A Comprehensive Review (1989–2013). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018 Oct;15(10):2266.

• PLOS Medicine, Patz J, Thomson M (eds). Special Issue on climate change and health. PLOS Medicine. 2018 Jul.

• Zinsstag J et al. Climate change and One Health. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2018 June 1; Volume 365, Issue 11.

• American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). Climate Change and Environmental Justice. April 2018 Supplement 2 Issue.

• Leffers J, Butterfield P. Nurses play essential roles in reducing health problems due to climate change. Nursing Outlook. 2018 Mar 1;66(2):210-3.

• McDermott-Levy R, Jackman-Murphy KP, Leffers JM, Jordan L. Integrating Climate Change Into Nursing Curricula. Nurse Educator. 2018 Mar.

• Fleming ZL, Doherty RM, Von Schneidemesser E, Malley CS, Cooper OR, Pinto JP et al. Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day ozone distribution and trends relevant to human health. Elem Sci Anth. 2018 Feb 5;6(1).

• Oguntomole O, Nwaeze U, Eremeeva ME. Tick-, Flea-, and Louse-Borne Diseases of Public Health and Veterinary Significance in Nigeria. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2018 Jan 3;3(1):3.

• American Public Health Association (APHA). Adaptation in Action Part II 2018: Grantee Success Stories from CDC's Climate and Health Program. 2018. 

• George M, Bruzzese JM, Matura LA. Climate Change Effects on Respiratory Health: Implications for Nursing. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2017 Nov 1;49(6):644-52.

• Leffers J, Levy RM, Nicholas PK, Sweeney CF. Mandate for the nursing profession to address climate change through nursing education. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2017 Nov 1;49(6):679-87.

• Nicholas PK, Breakey S. Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Environmental Health: Implications for the Nursing Profession. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2017 Nov 1;49(6):606-16.

• Walpole SC, Vyas A, Maxwell J, Canny BJ, Woollard R, Wellbery C et al. Building an Environmentally Accountable Medical Curriculum Through International Collaboration. Medical Teacher. 2017 Oct 3;39(10):1040-50.

• Landrigan PJ, Fuller R, Acosta NJ, Adeyi O, Arnold R, Baldé AB et al. "The Lancet Commission on Air Pollution". The Lancet. 2017 Oct 19.

• GAO. Climate Change: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure. GAO-17-720. Published 2017 Sept 28. Publicly Released 2017 Oct 24.

• Morano LH, Jagger MA, Barrett EC, Berisha V, Borjan M, Heitzinger K et al. Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document: How Jurisdictions Can Use Surveillance to Quantify and Track Climate-Related Health Impact. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Climate and Health Syndromic Surveillance Workgroup. 2017 Sept.

• Almada AA, Golden CD, Osofsky SA, Myers SS. A case for Planetary Health/GeoHealth. GeoHealth. 2017 Apr 1;1(2):75-8.

• Trombley J, Chalupka S, Anderko L. Climate Change and Mental Health. The American Journal of Nursing. 2017 Apr 1;117(4):44-52.

• Watts N, Adger WN, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Bai Y, Byass P, Campbell-Lendrum D et al. "The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change". The Lancet. 2017 Mar 18;389(10074):1151-64.

• Anderko, L, Schenk, E, Huffling, K, Chalupka, S. Climate Change, Health, and Nursing: A Call to Action. Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. 2017.

• Clayton S, Manning C, Krygsman K, Speiser M. Mental health and our changing climate: impacts, implications, and guidance. American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica: Washington, DC. 2017.

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. The National Academies Press: Washington, DC. 2017.

• USGCRP. Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I. Wuebbles DJ, Fahey DW, Hibbard KA, Dokken DJ, Stewart BC, Maycock TK (eds). US Global Change Research Program: Washington, DC. 2017.

• Hancock T, Capon AG, Dietrich U, Patrick RA. Governance for health in the Anthropocene. International Journal of Health Governance. 2016 Dec 5;21(4):245-62.

• Flahault A, Ruiz de Castaneda R, and Bolon I. Climate Change and Infectious Diseases. Public Health Reviews. 2016 October 27; Volume 37, Number 1, Page 1.

• Maxwell J, Blashki G. Teaching about climate change in medical education: an opportunity. Journal of Public Health Research. 2016 Apr 26;5(1).

• Crimmins A, Balbus J, Gamble JL, Beard CB, Bell JE, Dodgen D et al. The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States: a scientific assessment. Global Change Research Program: Washington, DC. 2016 Apr.

• Hughes L, Hanna E, Fenwick J. The silent killer: Climate change and the health impacts of extreme heat. Climate Council of Australia. 2016.

• Maxwell J, Blashki G. Teaching About Climate Change in Medical Education: An Opportunity. Journal of Public Health Research. 2016;5(1):673.

• World Health Organization. Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of climate change on selected causes of death, 2030s and 2050s. World Health Organization. 2014.

• World Health Organization. Strengthening Health Resilience to Climate Change: Technical Briefing for the World Heath Organization Conference on Health and Climate. World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland. 2014.

• Blashki G, Abelsohn A, Woollard R, Arya N, Parkes MW, Kendal P et al. General Practitioners’ responses to global climate change-lessons from clinical experience and the clinical method. Asia Pacific Family Medicine. 2012 Dec;11(1):6.

• Maibach E, Nisbet M, Weathers M. Conveying the human implications of climate change: a climate change communication primer for public health professionals. George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication: Fairfax, VA; 2011.

• Bell EJ. Climate change: what competencies and which medical education and training approaches?. BMC Medical Education. 2010 Apr 30;10(1):31.