While we conduct many types of climate change and health research, the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health advances dedicated, core programs, each tackling a distinct dimension of how climate change shapes human health — from the environmental footprint of health care itself, to mental well-being, to the health of the world’s cities.
Health Care Sustainability
The Y-PHES program works to shrink the environmental footprint of the health care system — through research, policy, and education — that resource conservation is part of the duty to do no harm.
Mental Health
Research, education, and advocacy at the intersection of climate and psychological well-being — from the mental health toll of extreme weather to the resilience that sustains climate action.
Urban Health
In partnership with the Resilient Cities Network, Urban Pulse is dedicated to putting health and equity at the heart of climate action in cities — where half the world already lives, rising to 70% by 2050.