Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment
We seek climate solutions that can provide for a healthier and more just world today and a livable future for our children.
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1, Room 1312
Boston, MA 02115
Research
We tackle key issues that are essential for building healthy, just, and sustainable communities.
We inform decision makers about the health consequences of our dependence on fossil fuels, and help identify solutions that will enable the healthiest, most equitable path forward. Our work aims to put health and equity at the forefront of climate solutions.
Climate and Health Care Delivery
We inform health care providers on how fossil fuel pollution and climate change impacts patient health and health care delivery and provide and evaluate strategies to safeguard patient health against climate stressors.
Teaching Climate and Health
We develop and evaluate curricula that train health professionals to identify and address the health impacts of climate change in their patients.
Past Projects
Browse a selection of issues we’ve researched to guide decision makers in crafting policies and programs that improve health in climate change and infectious disease, fossil fuels and health, natural gas and gas stoves, clean energy and health, and climate policies and health.
Check out our latest work
-
2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: U.S. Policy Report
The 2021 Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Report shows how extreme heat, wildfires, and drought affect health. It calls for urgent climate action to improve health and equity.
-
Methane Reductions in the Oil and Gas Sector can Protect Public Health
Discover the public health benefits of methane reductions in the oil and gas sector from a PSE for Healthy Energy report.
-
Protecting forests and changing agricultural practices are essential, cost-effective actions to prevent pandemics
Explore cost-effective pandemic prevention strategies involving forest conservation and sustainable agriculture.
-
A Pediatrician’s Guide to Climate Change-Informed Primary Care
Pediatricians can protect child health by integrating climate change awareness into primary care, enhancing wellness and resilience in a warming world.
-
An 80×30 Clean Electricity Standard: Carbon, Costs, and Health Benefits
Analyzing the 80×30 Clean Electricity Standard: $1.13 trillion in health savings, 317,500 lives saved by 2050, and significant air quality improvements nationwide.
-
Pennsylvania setback regulations for fracking do not prevent setback incidents
PA’s setback regulations fail to prevent incidents near fracking or UNG wells, posing risks to nearby residents.
-
The medical response to climate change
Explore five pillars for the medical response to climate change: education, research, preparedness, decarbonization, and advocacy. Learn how healthcare can adapt and respond.
-
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide
Fossil fuel combustion is linked to premature deaths from fine particulate pollution.
-
Adding A Climate Lens To Health Policy In The United States
Explore strategies for integrating climate action into U.S. health policy to improve resilience, equity, and patient care. Learn how to build a climate-ready health system.
-
2020 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: U.S. Policy Report
The 2020 Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Report reveals how climate change and COVID-19 converge to worsen health inequities.
