Environmental Health & Climate Workgroup

Making our nation more resilient and build the next public health workforce.

About the Project

The mission of the NNPHI’s Environmental Health and Climate Workgroup is to “serve as a trusted consortium in adapting, preparing for, and recovering from the impacts of climate change and environmental disasters.” The workgroup meets to create resources, highlights what the Public Health Institutes are doing in climate action and participates in network and partner climate events.

View the 2024 NNPHI EHC Workgroup Profiles

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Resources

  • NNPHI Tribal Programs

    NNPHI’s mission is to support national public health system initiatives and strengthen public health institutes to promote multi-sector activities resulting in measurable improvements of public health structures, systems, and outcomes. To achieve better health and racial equity in the US, our public health system must develop strong and authentic partnerships with tribal and urban Indian […]

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Rooted in Change: the Environmental Health and Climate Workgroup Explores Climate Action Policies

In this blog post, we discuss that climate does not impact equally therefore highlighting the need for more equity-minded approaches to climate action including program and policy development. We conclude with a plethora of resources as well as a case study describing how academic and practice partners can collaborate to inform policy approaches such as developing an equitable approach to enhance tree cover.

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