New Resource from the CC&H Committee!  Keep It Cool, Kids— a printable flyer, poster, and online resources in English and Spanish for kids and heat-related climate change information.

Keep It Cool, Kids: English Resources

Keep It Cool, Kids: Spanish Resources

Events 

  • The AAP-CA3 Climate Change & Health Committee helps sponsor an annual Environmental Art Contest for Youth.
  • H3SD- San Diego’s inaugural Heat and Human Health Summit for healthcare providers, was held on Saturday, August 12, 2023.  It was a huge success!  Save the dates for H3SD 2024- 8/16-17, 2024 at UCSD School of Medicine.
  • Love Your Wetlands Day in February
  • More events!  The Climate Change and Health Committee is always collaborating with other climate-friendly healthcare workers on events, especially for Earth Day!  See the latest newsletter for more information.

Newsletters

February 2024 CC&H Committee Newsletter

December 2023 CC&H Committee Newsletter

September 2023 CC&H Committee Newsletter

June 2023 CC&H Committee Newsletter

February 2023 CC&H Committee Newsletter

December 2022 CC&H Committee Newsletter

Committee Links

Interview with Dr. Nguyen

sdpediatriciansforcleanair.com

Public Health Benefits of Building Electrification, by Dr. Christine James, 4/24/23

Get The Lead Out- Webinar Recording from 10/24/23

Resource Links

UCLA Heat Maps – an interactive map of California that shows the daily excess number of ER visits and rate of excess ER visits due to extreme heat.

California Healthy Places Index Extreme Heat Edition – provides datasets on projected heat exposure for California and place-based indicators measuring community conditions and sensitive populations.

NIHHIS Annual Meeting

Tracking California, Heat-Related Illness

CA Extreme Heat Action Plan

CalAdapt Extreme Heat Days and Warm Nights Tool

CDC Heat-Related MMWR 041824