HHS aims to protect everyone in the country and their health from climate change & to further environmental justice. See some other ways that HHSgov and OCCHE are addressing climate impacts on the most vulnerable communities in the U.S.: EarthDay
Climate change represents a significant risk to the health of people living in the United States now and in the coming decades. Climate change is worsening existing threats from climate-related weather events and chronic burdens on physical and mental health, and introducing new health threats in many areas.
The very same communities that have lived with these climate impacts also are experiencing the brunt of environmental injustice. Climate change is an environmental justice issue. There are factors that can lead to certain groups to experience both a disproportionate share of exposures to both environmental pollution and climate change hazards. In this way, climate change adds to the cumulative stresses experienced by environmental justice communities.
HHS aims to protect everyone in the country and their health from climate change and environmental justice, especially the highest-risk communities, from the threats associated with climate change while simultaneously seeking to tackle profound health disparities and environmental injustices that put these communities at exceptional risk.
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