Tribal Climate Change Guide

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.

The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment

Type

Literature

Publication

USGCRP, 2016: The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment. Crimmins, A., J. Balbus, J.L. Gamble, C.B. Beard, J.E. Bell, D. Dodgen, R.J. Eisen, N. Fann, M.D. Hawkins, S.C. Herring, L. Jantarasami, D.M. Mills, S. Saha, M.C. Sarofim, J. Trtanj, and L. Ziska, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, 312 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0R49NQX

Year Published

2016

Description

The U.S. Global Change Research Program has released a new scientific assessment examining the climate-induced impacts on human health in the United States. The report categorized seven genres of human health risks due to climate change: temperature related death and illness, air quality impacts, extreme events, vector-borne diseases, water-related illnesses, food safety/nutrition/distribution, and mental health/wellbeing. The Puget Sound was mentioned under the "water-related illnesses" section concerning Harmful Algal Blooms as a source of human health risk. Additionally, other parts of the Northwestern U.S. were mentioned under droughts and the spread of fungal diseases. The assessment concluded by highlighting populations of concern, as the health risks vary between groups across the U.S.

Geography

National

Website

https://health2016.globalchange.gov/

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.
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