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

by and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, and Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Leslie Pray On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement jointly convened a 1-day public workshop in Washington, DC, to explore potential strategies for public health, environmental health, health care, and related stakeholders to help communities and regions to address and mitigate the health effects of climate change. Participants discussed the perspectives of civic, government, business, and health-sector leaders, and existing research, best practices, and examples that inform stakeholders and practitioners on approaches to support mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and its effects on population health. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.