Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate; Proceedings of a Workshop

Type: 
Literature
Health
Publication: 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797.
Year Published: 
2017
Organization: 
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Description: 

On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a 1-day public workshop at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC. Participants discussed regional, state, and local efforts to mitigate and adapt to health challenges arising from climate change, ranging from heat to rising water. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Category: 
health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change