Join YCCCH for our first #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar of the year on Jan. 26 at 12pm ET! Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista, Associate Professor in the Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management at The New School University, will be our featured speaker. Register here 👉 bit.ly/2026BaptistaSeminar

It’s been a long year. We’re ending 2025 on a high note, here is a round up of some good news in climate change and health. 💚 See you in 2026! 1/4

As the weather gets colder, safety around gas appliances and indoor air pollution become even more important. Here is some information on gas stoves to help us all stay safe while we cook. 1/2

Dear friends, thank you for your support. Amid political uncertainty, your generosity keeps us moving forward. This #GivingTuesday, please consider a tax-deductible gift of any size. Together, we can protect health in a changing climate. 🌎💙 bit.ly/DonatetoYCCCH www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkMr...

COP30 reinforces that effective climate action hinges on resilient systems, transparent governance, and stronger global cooperation. From scaling adaptation finance to safeguarding vulnerable communities, the goals set in Belém highlight how urgently nations must accelerate implementation. 1/2

From turkey to cranberry sauce, climate change is reshaping the foods that define our Thanksgiving table. This season, let’s savor our plates while recognizing what it takes to protect them. What are your favorite Thanksgiving foods? 1/2

Join YCCCH for our final #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar of the year on Dec. 1 at 12pm ET! Dr. Katherine Dickinson, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, will be our featured speaker. Register here 👉 bit.ly/2025DickinsonSeminar

This year, the Northeast has faced record-breaking rain and repeated flash floods, disrupting communities, damaging homes, and threatening drinking water. Flooding increases risks of mold exposure, waterborne illness, and mental health strain long after the waters recede. 1/2

Have a happy and sustainable Halloween. Tell us what you're dressing up as this year!

On International Climate Change Day, we reaffirm our shared responsibility to protect people and the planet. At the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH), we bridge research, education, and action to advance health equity and resilience.

A very good qualitative study examining local strategies to cope with heat. 🫠 Sleep and environnemental justice issues with one quote Beating the heat in a low-income urban community of color: a qualitative study of coping strategies, barriers, and solutions (US) doi.org/10.1088/2752...

Join the Kimball Smith Series on Monday, October 27, featuring YCCCH Faculty Director Dr. Kai Chen. This discussion will explore how research, governance, and community action can together bolster public health resilience in the face of climate change. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Don't miss today's #YaleGreatTalks! WEEKLY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 🕛12pm 🥼Kai Chen, PhD @cchyale.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social 💭Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Public Health 📍TAC S447 / 💻zoom

At @cchyale.bsky.social, we'll keep collecting evidence as it's published: you can follow along at healthattribution.org. We've also launched a working group for a new Global Burden of Climate Change Study, which you can follow at gbcc.study. Time to get to work. #CountEveryClimateDeath

🌍 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, join @cchyale.bsky.social & The New York Academy of Medicine for our flagship event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC! 🌿 Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com #ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM

Join YCCCH for our first #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar of the year on Sept. 15 at 12pm ET! Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities at @hsph.harvard.edu, will be our featured speaker. Register here 👉 bit.ly/2025Adamkiew...

YCCCH is now accepting applications for the second offering of its online short course titled “Climate Change and Mental Health – Essential Skills for Mental Health and Primary Care Providers.” Visit the course website for more information and register by Sept. 22: ysph.yale.edu/school-of-pu...

Join us Sept. 10 at the 2025 Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health to learn about how climate change affects our health in CT, and how we can work together for a healthy, climate-resilient future. Register to attend in person in New Haven: bit.ly/2025ct or virtual: bit.ly/2025ctvirtual

There's still time to apply! For more information, register for the informational webinar on August 19 at 12:00 p.m. ET: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎆NEW RESEARCH OUT In our new study published in One Earth, we uncovered hard truths about NO2-related health disparities in the U.S. Racial-ethnic minorities were generally more exposed and susceptible. The most affected race-ethnicity group was location-specific.

Beyond just physical damage and lives lost, floodwaters can cause increased health risks including: ➡️ Diarrhea ➡️ Mold ➡️ Chronic conditions ➡️ Stress and mental health disorders ➡️ Disruption to health care services Read more ⬇️ abcnews.go.com/Health/texas...

Now accepting applications for the 14th offering of Yale's Climate Change and Health Certificate. This is a 21-week online program for working professionals with a 90% completion and 98.6% recommendation rate. Learn more and apply by August 25, 2025: ysph.yale.edu/cchcert/ 1/2

The combination of high temperatures and poor air quality has been linked to an increased risk for heart attacks in young adults, according to a new study by Yale School of Public Health researchers and collaborators. www.medscape.com/vie...

In a new study, Yale researchers, including Profs. Xiaomei Ma and Kai Chen, found that ozone pollution, also called smog, and high temperatures together increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack. Learn more ⬇️ news.yale.edu/2025/0...

With a heat wave forecasted this week, outdoor workers, especially migrant farmworkers, face increased health risks. A recent @yalesph.bsky.social study reveals important insights into migrant farmworker health in Connecticut amid rising temperatures. 1/3

Some coverage of the work: abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Some new science 🚨👉 Wildfires drive people indoors, increasing RSV, influenza, and #Covid transmission. If even 10% of people #mask, it could offset that effect - protecting them from both viruses and air pollution. Another facet of the climate-pandemic connection journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

“And I love the Northeast, but it's the season of the ticks...“ Swipe to learn what you need to know about preventing tick-borne diseases, especially as climate change is helping ticks thrive - and not just in the Northeast! 1/2

This week, the World Health Assembly (WHA) approved a landmark Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health, affirming a global commitment to science-based climate action that cuts fossil fuel emissions while improving health. Read the full action plan here: lnkd.in/ecitBW_w

We’re celebrating our YCCCH students, fellows, and friends who graduated earlier this week! Your dedication to building a healthier, more resilient future in the face of climate change gives us hope. Congrats Class of 2025! 🌎🎓

Grateful to see our research team's effort being recognized with the Yale University School of Public Health Team Science Prize! One of the most fruitful and synergistic research projects I have worked on. @yalesph.bsky.social @cchyale.bsky.social ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Last Friday, YCCCH students, staff, and faculty celebrated the 10th anniversary of YSPH's Day of Service—an opportunity to support local public health efforts and connect with the New Haven community. Check out photos from our service project at Gather New Haven’s community farm in Fair Haven!

Post-flood hospitalization risks persist for months, with variations by climate type, flood severity, age, population density, and SES. Check out our News&View article on "Prolonged health risks following floods" @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social @cchyale.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social rdcu.be/ekewT

Today is the final day of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health's second annual Earth Month Giving Campaign. Swipe through this post to learn more about our focus areas and how you can support our mission! bit.ly/EarthMonthCampaign2025 1/2

With spring bringing warmer, sunnier days, it is also triggering seasonal allergies for some people. Swipe to learn how climate change is related to seasonal allergies and how to deal with them. 1/3

This week, YCCCH was honored to host Alejandra Borunda, Climate and Health Reporter on NPR's Climate Desk, for her Poynter lecture on the power of storytelling to highlight the connections between climate change and human health. Watch the full recording: www.youtube.com/@yccch

This handbook dives into the public health impacts of climate change with rigorous, world-class science from YSPH experts. Plus, actions you can take for a healthy planet: m.yale.edu/cnk9 #EarthDay

Green spaces are also essential to our health. Research suggests that access to green spaces supports our mental, physical, and social well-being. 1/2

We had a great time representing the Center at Yale’s State of Sustainability event. The event highlights key contributions to campus sustainability over the past year. Congrats to all awardees—especially Students for Sustainability and Waste Reduction (SWAY), this year’s student group winner!

YCCCH has launched its 2nd annual Earth Month Giving Campaign. At federal support for public health & climate action scales back, your support has never been more vital. This Earth Month, please consider making a donation of any size. Donations are tax deductible. bit.ly/EarthMonthCampaign2025

Join YCCCH on April 21 at 1:30pm ET for a #PoynterLecture with @alejandrabee.bsky.social, Climate and Health Reporter at @npr.org! Yale affiliates welcome to join at the Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall (register on Yale Connect). Guests may stream virtually: bit.ly/BorundaPoynterLecture2025

🚨 Have you seen our latest newsletter? This month's newsletter features research highlights, upcoming events, and opportunities at the intersection of climate and health. Read it here: bit.ly/YCCCH-AprilNews25

At a time of daunting public health and climate challenges, we reaffirm our commitment to healthy people, communities, and planet. As a university center, we remain dedicated to research, educating future climate and health leaders, and informing policy and practice-based solutions.

Apply by Friday, March 28!

So here's something about this unique cross-language April 2022 spike - that's when we published our paper on climate change and pandemics (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) that broke the Altmetric record for a climate change paper, in large part because of Twitter www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the...

What are the long-term health impacts of floods? Our new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper found from 2001 to 2020, 22,376 all-cause deaths were attributable to floods in the Contiguous US. Led by @lingzhichu.bsky.social @cchyale.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join YCCCH for our final #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar on April 7 at 12pm ET! Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer for Miami-Dade County in Florida, will be our featured speaker. Register here 👉 bit.ly/GilbertSeminar2025 @miamidadecounty.bsky.social

🙌 Unprecedented show of unity! ➕ 47 million #health professionals, patients, advocates, representatives from civil society orgs & individuals worldwide have signed a resounding call for urgent action to reduce #airpollution. 🖊️Add your voice here: www.who.int/teams/enviro...

On Feb. 28, over 50 faculty members across various disciplines convened for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and Health, hosted by the Yale Planetary Solutions and Yale Center on Climate Change and Health (YCCCH). Read more ⬇️ yaledailynews.com/bl...

A hypothetical ambient PM2.5 intervention (e.g., achieving the annual average standard of 9 μg/m3) reduces the risk of dementia. Led by our @cchyale.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social PhD student fellow Chengyi Lin, together with the amazing team: Riyang, Caroline, Andy DeWan and Laura Forastiere.