Climate Action Team Public Health Workgroup

This page last reviewed March 22, 2011

The Public Health Working Group of the California Climate Action Team addresses cross-cutting issues related to climate change and health, including issues specific to AB 32 implementation. The purpose of the workgroup is to provide a forum for communication, coordination, and education across agencies and with stakeholders.

Public meetings of the Climate Action Team Public Health (CAT PH) Workgroup will be held quarterly or more frequently if needed. Air Resources Board and California Department of Public Health will co-host the workgroup meetings. Effort will be made to host meetings at sites where webcast facilities are available. Meeting materials and notes will be electronically distributed to the Climate Change and Public Health e-mail list.

Meeting Schedule

• Current Meetings | Archived Meetings

Documents

• CDPH HIA of a Cap-and-Trade Framework
• Draft 2010 Work Plan
• In November, 2010, CDPH’s Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO) co-sponsored two workshops in Los Angeles and Oakland on Climate Change as a Public Health Issue: Communication Lessons and Strategies for Local Health Departments. The workshops featured Dr. Edward Maibach, a leading US researcher on public attitudes on climate change, public health communication and social marketing. Below are slides from key presentations: 
  • Overview of the Pubic Health Impacts of Climate Change (For more information about the workshops contact Kathy Dervin) 
    • Dr. Linda Rudolph, Deputy Director, CCDPHP, CDPH
  • Public Attitudes and Perceptions on Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
    • Dr. Edward Maibach, Director, Center for Climate Change Communications, George Mason University
• CDPH Health Impact Assessment of a Cap-and-Trade Framework (Please send all questions to max.richardson@cdph.ca.gov)
• Draft 2010 Work Plan (Please send all questions and comments to Aimee Sisson by May 1, 2010)
  • Priorities Matrix
  • Expanded Work Plan
• Proposed Screening Method for Low-Income Communities Highly Impacted by Air Pollution for AB 32 Assessments   (Please send all questions to cvaradar@arb.ca.gov)
• Working Draft: A Guide for Health Impact Assessment (Rajiv Bhatia, SF DPH)
• Draft Charter

Resources

• California Department of Public Health
• ARB Cap & Trade Program
• California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 - AB 32
• Climate Action Team (CAT)
• Public Health Adaptation Strategy
• California Climate Change Portal
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• ARB's Community Health Programs
• ARB's Public Participation Guidebook
• ARB's Air Quality and Land Use Handbook
• OEHHA - Cumulative Impacts and Precautionary Approach Work Group

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