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
Climate Change and Human Health Program National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Tribal Health, research National, International Link
Addressing Links Between Climate and Public Health in Alaska Native Villages U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, Climate Change, Human Health, Community Health, Adaptation Strategies Alaska Link
An Evidence-Based Public Health Approach to Climate Change Adaptation Environmental Health Perspectives Public Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, mitigation, integration National Link
Assessment of the Potential Health Impacts of Climate Change in Alaska The State of Alaska Epidemiology Health, climate change, extreme events impacts, food safety, information, mental health, well-being, Native American communties, traditional knowledge, vector borne disease Alaska Link
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Climate and Health Program CDC Tribal Health, education, adaptation, public health National Link
Center for Indigenous Environmental Health Research University of Arizona public health, environmental health, research, health inequity, community resilience, policy development Arizona Link
Chemşhúun Pe'ícháachuqeli (When our Hearts are Happy); A Tribal Psychosocial Climate Resilience Framework Pala Band of Mission Indians, Tribal Climate Health Project health, resilience, mental health, climate change impacts, framework, adaptation plan Link
Climate Change and Health - Training Modules World Health Organization Tribal Health, capacity building, disaster preparedness, training National, International Link
Climate Change and Human Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health, climate change, resources, information National Link
Climate Change and Human Health European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Public Health, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions International Link
Climate Change and Human Health; What it means to tribes and how we can adapt ITEP, Northern Arizona University Tribal Health, community health, climate change, disease, food security National Link
Climate Change and Public Health - Training Modules nextGenU.org Public Health, climate change, training, adaptation, National Link
Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations EPA Tribal health, TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation National Link
Climate change and women's health: Impacts and policy directions Plos Medicine climate change, public health, women's health, climate justice, gender inequality Link
Climate Change in Noatak, Alaska; Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal Health, community health, climate change, disease, food security Alaska Link
Climate Change in Nondalton, Alaska; Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal Health, community, climate change, sustainability Alaska Link
Climate Change in Nuiqsut, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal, Adaptation Plan, Tribal Health, Community Health, climate change Alaska Link
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal, Adaptation Plan, Tribal Health, Community Health Alaska, Coastal Link
Climate Change in Point Hope, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal Health, climate change, strategies, adaptation Alaska Link
Climate Change in Port Heiden, Alaska Strategies for Community Health Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium health, climate change, climate change impacts, traditional knowledge, climate science Alaska Link
Climate Change in Selawik, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Tribal, Adaptation Plan, Community Health, Tribal Health Alaska Link
Climate Change in Wainwright, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health ANTHC Center for Climate and Health Tribal, Adaptation Plan Alaska, Northwest Link
Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure? TEDx Talks Public Health, infectious disease transmissions, water, malnutrition, air pollution, mitigation, healthcare costs Link
Climate Change Webinars American Public Health Association Public Health, community health, climate change, adaptation National Link
Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A Guide for Local Health Departments American Public Health Association climate change impacts, public health, equality, community health, transportation, land use, agriculture National Link
Climate Change: Native Voices from the Pacific Northwest Coast Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tribal Health, health, climate change impacts, environmental healht, food safety, natural resources, cultural resources Washington Link
Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global and Generational American Public Health Association Tribal Health, public health, community, climate change, health inequities International Link
Climate Ready Tribes National Indian Health Board Tribal Health, climate change, capacity building, assessment, data sharing National Link
Climate Resilience Planning Toolkit Oregon Health Authority Tribal Health, Climate Change, resilience, planning Northwest Link
Community Based Adaptation to a Changing Climate EPA Public Health, adaptation, preparedness, air quality, climate change, extreme events National 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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