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Climate and Health Adaptation

Climate change poses a significant threat to public health, with impacts including: temperature-related death and illness; air quality impacts; extreme events; vector-borne diseases; water-related illness; food safety, nutrition, and distribution; and mental health and well-being (CDC).

Local health departments are on the front lines responding to these impacts and working to build resilient communities. NYSACHO aims to support these efforts, highlight best practices and success stories, and provide technical assistance to local health departments.

NOW OPEN: Request for Applications (RFA) for 2025 Climate Change and Health Adaptation Projects.

Applications are due on 12/18/2024. See below for more information and to download the RFA!

Funding Opportunity: 2025 Climate & Health Adaptation Projects (Deadline 12/18/24)

2023 Local Health Department Mini-Grant Program Recap 

Between April and July 2023, NYSACHO, in collaboration with the NYSDOH, provided funding in the form of “mini grants” (up to $3,000) to ten (10) counties for their climate and health adaptation initiatives. This recap provides an overview of the 2023 funding program, and highlights each project, including successes and lessons learned.

Moving the Needle at the Local Level 

Local action is critical for climate adaptation efforts. To support local health departments in addressing climate change in their communities, NYSACHO and the NYSDOH embarked on an interactive project in early 2020. The intention was to enable local health departments to identify their climate adaptation priorities, identify local partners to work with to address those priorities, and encourage participation in a workshop to “move the needle” on climate adaptation efforts. We greatly appreciate the time and thought that the staff in local health departments contributed to the discussions around their priority climate adaptations.

Together, NYSACHO and NYSDOH proposed five regional meetings in New York State to engage local health departments and key local government agencies in climate and health related activities. These meetings were intended to provide local health departments and their partners the opportunity to discuss collaboration on local climate and health adaptations. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved, it became increasingly clear that local health departments were completely engaged in response activities and even virtual workshops were not practical. For this reason, the project was put on hold. However, we thought it was important to share what we have learned to date and provide resources we have gathered to support ongoing efforts. For now, we hope that this Climate and Health Adaptation: Moving the Needle at the Local Level project summary and collection of resources is helpful for any county level discussions taking place.

 

Our Work

2024 Environmental Health Summit2024 Environmental Health Summit Fall 2022 Virtual Climate and Health Adaptation WorkshopsFall 2022 Virtual Climate and Health Adaptation Workshops

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