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About YCCCH

Climate change is the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century, with far-reaching impacts already evident and potentially catastrophic risks ahead. It contributes to rising illness and death from extreme heat, natural disasters, infectious diseases, food insecurity, respiratory illness, and conflict-driven displacement. Yet, addressing climate change also presents a major health opportunity. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions can improve air quality, promote healthier diets, encourage physical activity through sustainable infrastructure, and lessen occupational and environmental hazards—advancing both planetary and human health.

Our Work

The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (CCCH) utilizes research, education, public health practice, and service to help achieve a world with a stable and safe climate; one in which the public’s health and diverse ecosystems can thrive. CCCH works to:

  1. facilitate innovative interdisciplinary research to understand the health impacts of climate change and of human activities that cause climate change, and to develop mitigation and adaptation solutions;
  2. provide a comprehensive educational program in climate change and health that trains future leaders;
  3. utilize public health science to support governmental and civil society efforts to mitigate or strategically adapt to climate change and to achieve climate justice; and
  4. contribute to local, national, and international scholarly efforts to summarize and track the effects of climate change on health, along with progress toward solutions.

Vision & Mission

At YCCCH, we envision a world in which the health benefits of climate action are fully realized for all people. We aim to promote health and protect all people, especially vulnerable populations, in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts through high-impact research, education, policy, and practice.

  • Innovation – We commit to leadership in the field of climate change and health through innovative thinking, methodologies, partnerships, and applications.
  • Collaboration – We work to build respectful and sustainable collaborations with academic, government, civil society, and community partners.
  • Justice – We integrate health equity and social justice throughout our work, recognizing and addressing the disparate health impacts of climate change.
  • Community – We aim to nurture a diverse, vibrant, and welcoming culture for staff, faculty, students, alumni, and partners.

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Our Team

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