- NEEF’s Climate Change Resources for Health Professionals

Climate Change Resources for Health Professionals

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)  has created a climate change webpage for health professionals that gives an overview of the potential health effects as well as a list of additional resources.  Two new online courses developed by NEEF and the Cooperative Program on Operational Meteorology Education and Training are included among the resources. Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together provides a basic overview of climate change science and answers frequently asked questions. Weather and Health was created to help meteorologists, health care professionals and others broaden their understanding of the impacts of weather and climate on public health. Both courses are offered at no cost, and require free registration.  If you are interested in partnering with a local meteorologist who covers health and environment stories in your area, contact Ann Posegate (posegate@neefusa.org)

NEEF is a partner of EPA’s Climate for Action campaign, a climate change and children’s health education effort designed to encourage middle and high school students to take actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   The campaign tools include a ready-to-use presentation and a sample proclamation that can be issued by community, school or organizational leaders.  EPA also released Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit for Formal and Informal Educators to educate middle school students on climate change impacts on wildlife.

Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk, a new book by Cindy Parker, MD, MPH and Steven Shapiro, PhD, explains how climate change and its many facets affect human health and how we can change our behavior to deter the risks.