The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

 

Health

There is a growing number of resources that aim to address the effects of climate change on health. This page lists tribal and government resources and programs that focus on health-related issues and climate change. This page includes numerous resources from tribal climate change adaptation plans, as well as the recent Tribal Climate Health Project. Additional Programs and Resources can be found at Tribal Climate Health, a site hosted by the Pala Band of Mission Indians through the project Building the Capacity of Tribes to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change.

Title Organization Category Geography Website
Tribal Public Health Law Resources CDC Tribal Health National Link
Tribal Public Health and Environmental Think Tank American Public Health Association Tribal Health, community health, natural resources, climate change, health assessment, food health National Link
Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) pesticide management, policy, education, training, communication, EPA, health National Link
Tribal Healthy Homes Network THHN Tribal Health, healthy housing, technical support, funding National Link
Tribal Eco-Ambassadors Program EPA Tribal Health, Health Research, Water, Natural Resources Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast, Alaska Link
Tribal Climate Health Pala Band of Mission Indians Tribal Health, capacity building, environmental health, public health, community National Link
Tribal Climate Champions: Spotlight on Blackfeet Nation National Indian Health Board climate ready tribes, climate health efforts, physical and mental health, climate change, water, drought, extreme weather, water contamination Montana, Glacier National Park Link
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Different Perspective on Environmental Health Environmental Health Perspectives Public Health, Tribal Health, TK, Environmental Health, Climate Change National Link
The Insidious Threat of Wildfire - Not What You Might Think The Progressive Public Health, air quality, climate change, extreme events, information California Link
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment U.S. Global Change Research Program Health, climate change, temperature-related, air quality impacts, extreme events, vector-borne diseases, water quality, food safety National Link
The Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit Americares, Harvard Chan C-CHANGE toolkit, wildfire, heat, hurricane, flooding, health care providers, patients, health care administrators National Link
The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future The Lancet health and climate change, monitoring, adaptation, planning, resilience, mitigation, public health National Link
Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Teachers (Admin Supp) DHHS, NIEHS environmental health, education, training, research experience National Link
San Francisco Climate and Health Program San Francisco Department of Public Health Public Health, climate change, air, water, food, shelter security, adaptation San Francisco Link
Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) CDC Tribal Health, public health, sustainability, well water, safe drinking water National Link
Rural Tribal Health Rural Health Information Hub Tribal Health, resources, funding, tools National, Alaska Link
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Exploring Equitable Futures Robert Wood Johnson Foundation health, health equity, climate change, climate change impacts, racial equity National Link
Request for Applications: 2024 Climate and Health Demonstration Sites NACCHO, CDC health effects, health, climate change impacts, adaptation, community health, community preparedness National Link
Report: Medical Alert! Climate Change is Harming Our Health The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Public Health, Climate Change, assessment National Link
Realistic Ways You Can Combat Climate Change, Today Public Health Online health, climate change, tools, information National Link
Ready for Change; Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change Climate Leadership Initiative and The Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials Public Health, preparedness, climate change, planning, adaptation, community health National Link
Public Health Working Group for the Climate Action Team State of California Public Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, mitigation California Link
Public Health Insider Public Health Seattle and King County public health, risks, hazards, food safety, healthy living Washington Link
Public Health Functions APHA public health, assessment, diagnosis, climate change, LHDs, surveillance, vulnerability, tribes National Link
Public Health Disaster Research in U.S. Territories, Tribal Areas, and Rural Communities Natural Hazards Center, CDC, National Science Foundation public health, resilience, disaster preparedness, research National, International (US Territories) Link
Public Health and Climate Change; A Guide for Increasing the Capacity of Local Health Departments The Resource Innovation Group, Northwest Health Foundation, CDC, Biositu, LLC Public Health, Tribal Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, capacity building National Link
Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate; Proceedings of a Workshop The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change Link
Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment World Health Organization Public Health, assessment, climate change National, International Link
Preparing for the Health Effects of Drought; A Resource Guide for Public Health Professionals CDC public health, climate change impacts, drought, vector-borne diseases and infections, air quality, infrastructure, preparedness National Link
Oregon Climate and Health Network Oregon Health Authority Tribal Health, Climate Adaptation, Environmental Health, Emergency Preparedness, Chronic Disease, Social Services Pacific Northwest, Oregon Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.

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