Climate Change
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Unless action is taken to curb global climate change, within the next 10 years the earth will pass a “tipping point” beyond which devastating consequences will become unavoidable. It is critical that America’s public health systems understand and adapt to the health implications of climate change. 
Climate change is impacting the public health of our communities. We are witnessing an increase in extreme heat and precipitation events across the country. Emerging diseases like dengue fever are on the rise. Local health departments can take actions now to effectively protect their communities by preparing and responding to the health effects of climate change. The NACCHO Climate Change Toolkit is designed to provide tools and resources to help local public health practitioners plan for and address the health effects of climate change in their jurisdictions. This toolkit contains tools and examples to help local health departments with climate change strategic planning, conducting vulnerability assessments, communicating about climate change, adapting to the effects of climate change, and more. To learn more and access the toolkit, rate tools or submit tools, click more. More » The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network has released a new module that focuses on climate change. This module allows users to access data related to climate change such as heat vulnerability, heat-related mortality, and temperature distribution. Several specific measures are provided for each indicator. Users are able to track these indicators and measures based on both geography and time. To learn more and access this module, click on the link below. More » 
NACCHO invited local health departments (LHDs) to submit applications in response to a request for proposals to conduct a one-year demonstration project to provide support to LHDs towards increasing the level of coordination and communication between disparate programs involved in addressing the public health consequences of climate change. The selected sites are:
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