Statewide Planning Resources

• California Climate Policy Dashboard [UC Berkeley - Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment] - Providing an overview of major California climate laws and information on state agencies responsible for implementing them
  
• California Climate Change Scoping Plan [CARB] - State blueprint for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and achieving carbon neutrality by no later than 2045
  
• California Climate Adaptation Strategy - Statewide adaptation strategy that provides a coordinated, integrated approach to building climate resilience in California
  
• Extreme Heat Planning Resources (also see extreme heat tools in the “Data Indicators & Tools” section below and on CCHE’s resources page for protecting communities)
  
• California Extreme Heat Action Plan - “Protecting Californians From Extreme Heat: A State Action Plan to Build Community Resilience” - April 2022 (PDF, 5.2MB)
• Heat Ready California - Extreme heat awareness and outreach campaign, resources in multiple languages
  
• CDPH Interim Guide to Health Equity-Centered Heat Planning
  
• CDPH Report: Excess Mortality During the September 2022 Heat Wave in California (PDF)
  
• Preparing California for Extreme Heat: Guidance and Recommendations - 2013 [CDPH & CalEPA] (PDF, 2MB)
  
• Planning and Investing for a Resilient California: A Guidebook for State Agencies [OPR] (PDF, 3.8MB)
  
• Vulnerable Populations (PDF)
  
• Community Engagement Best Practices (PDF)
  
• Equity Checklist (PDF)
  
• California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) - Human Health Impacts of Climate Change - health studies and other resources from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
  
• Green Infrastructure, Public Health, and Equity Policy Agenda [Public Health Institute (PHI)]
  
  

Data Indicators & Tools

California Climate Dashboard

• California Climate Dashboard [CalEPA] - tracking progress in achieving California’s climate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets and the associated benefits

Indicators of Climate Change in California

• Indicators of Climate Change in California - 2022 Report [OEHHA]
• Indicators of Climate Change in California: Impacts on Human Health - 2022 [OEHHA] (PDF, 2.4MB)
  
• Indicators of Climate Change: Impacts on California Tribes [OEHHA]

Community Health & Climate Resilience

Mapping Tools

Data Indicators

• Healthy Communities Data and Indicators (HCI) Project [CDPH]
• Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Indicators for California (CCHVIs) [CDPH]
  
  

Resources for Local Jurisdictions & Tribes

For information on how to protect individuals and the communities you serve from extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and other climate-related exposures, please see CCHE’s guidance resources here >> 

Local Climate Planning

• Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning - 2012 [CDPH] (PDF, 2.0MB)
  
• Climate Change Toolkit for Public Health [CDPH / CalBRACE Project]
  

Local Health Jurisdictions

• CDPH CCHE Technical Assistance for Local Health Jurisdictions
• Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A Guide for Local Health Departments [PHI - Center for Climate Change and Health]
• Local Health Jurisdictions Tool to Engage in Climate Action [CDPH] (PDF)
• California County-Level Climate Change and Health Profile Reports [CDPH]
• Climate and Health Resources for Public Health Officials [CDC]
• Social Media Toolkit for Engaging Local Communities in Climate and Health Adaptation [CDC] (PDF, 3.0MB)
• Climate and Health Guidance and Trainings [CDC] 

Tribal Climate and Health Equity Resources

• CDPH CCHE Technical Assistance for Tribes
• Tribal Climate Health Project (Pala Band of Mission Indians)
• Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) - Tribes & Climate Change Program (Northern Arizona University)
  
  

Communications & Community Engagement

• Communicating the Health Effects of Climate Change – A Toolkit for Public Health Outreach [CDC] (PDF, 4.5MB)
• How Climate Change Affects Your Health - Infographics [APHA]​
  
• Climate Change and Health Educational Posters [PHI]
• Engaging Communities for Health Equity and Environmental Justice [CDPH] (PDF)
  
• Digital Storytelling 
  
• California Wildfires, Heat, and Health (Videos) - digital stories / personal narratives produced by StoryCenter, with funding support by CDC through the CDPH CCHE Branch CalBRACE Project
• Climate and Health Education and Outreach Campaign
• Capitol Region Climate Readiness Collaborative - OutsideIn campaign - funding support provided by CDPH
  
  

Climate Assessments


• California Climate Change Assessment
  
• California Fourth Climate Change Assessment
• California Fifth Climate Change Assessment - Overview / Fact Sheet, Progress and Updates [OPR]
  
• Fifth National Climate Assessment
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
• AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
   
  

Major Climate Change & Health Reports


• United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) 28 - UAE Declaration on Climate and Health (PDF)
  
• 2023 Lancet Countdown Report: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
  
• California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Climate Change Impacts Across California Series
  
• LAO Report: Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health (PDF) 
  
• IPCC Working Group II Report: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - 2022
  
• Climate Change: Why Older Adults are Vulnerable - 2022 [LTSS Center @UMass Boston] (PDF, 3.2MB)
  
• COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health - 2021
  
• IPCC Special Report on 1.5 Degree Warming - 2019
  
• California Senate Office of Research: Climate Change and Health Report - Understanding How Global Warming Could Impact Public Health - 2018 (PDF, 12.0MB)
  
• WHO 1.5 Health Report: Synthesis on Health and Climate Science in the IPCC SR1.5 - 2018
  
  

Resources for Health Care Professionals


• Climate Health Now
• Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
• Health Care Without Harm
  
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Climate Change Resilience and Healthcare System Considerations - 2022 (PDF, 6.2MB)
  
• A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health, and Equity [PHI]
  
  

Climate Change & Mental Health


• Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, 2021 Edition [ecoAmerica & APA]
  
• Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Children and Youth Report - 2023 [ecoAmerica & APA]
• Disaster Behavioral Health in an Era of Climate Change [SAMHSA] (PDF, 2.0MB)
  
  

Public Health Calls to Action


• California Call to Action on Climate, Health, and Equity
  
• U.S. Call to Action on Climate, Health, and Equity: A Policy Action Agenda
  
  

Other Programs & Partners 


Other California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Programs

CDPH CCHE facilitates a cross-CDPH Climate Change and Health Equity Workgroup - to learn more, contact climatechange@cdph.ca.gov

• CDPH Office of Health Equity
  
• CDPH Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR)
  
• CDPH CPR - Know and Understand Natural Disasters - including guidance and resources on how to stay safe during extreme heat, wildfires, floods, landslides and mudslides, power outages, and more.
  
• CDPH Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) 
  
• Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB)
• Environmental and Occupational Emergency Preparedness Team (EPT)
• Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Branch
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Branch (NPAB)
• Office of School Health
  
• CDPH Occupational Health Branch (OHB)
  
• CDPH Center for Infectious Diseases (CID)
  
• Infectious Diseases Branch (IDB) - including Vector-Borne Disease Section and Veterinary Public Health Section
  
• CDPH Center for Environmental Health (CEH)
• Environmental Health Support Section (EHSS) - including Office of State Environmental Health Director, Emergency Preparedness, and One Health
• CDPH Center for Laboratory Sciences (CLS)
  
• Environmental Health Laboratory Branch (EHLB) - including Air Quality Section
  
• CDPH Center for Family Health (CFH) - Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
• CDPH Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ)
  

State Agency Partners & Programs

• California Strategic Growth Council (SGC)
  
• SGC Health in All Policies (HiAP)
• California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
  
• California Air Resources Board (CARB)
  
• CARB Sustainable Communities 
  
• California Climate Investments (CCI)
• California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
  
• OEHHA Climate Change
  
• California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) - Building Climate Resilience
  
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
• California Energy Commission (CEC)
  
• Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
  
• Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP)
  
• California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD)
  
• CSD Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP)
  
• Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES)
  
• CalOES Office of Access and Functional Needs (OAFN)
• California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) - Housing and Climate Change
  
  

Federal, Academic, and Other External Partners


• Public Health Institute (PHI) - Center for Climate Change and Health
  
• Tracking California (previously California Environmental Health Tracking Program)
  
• University of California - Center for Climate, Health, and Equity (UCCHE)
  
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Office of Climate Change & Health Equity (OCCHE)
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Climate and Health Program