The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Human Health

Two years after "The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment" (Climate and Health Assessment) was published by the US Global Change Research Program in 2016, the Human Health Chapter of the 4^th National Climate Assessment focuses on recent advancements in the literature at the climate and health nexus.

The health chapter builds directly on a similar chapter of the 3rd National Climate Assessment and on the 2016 Climate and Health Assessment. The chapter focuses on how climate change is impacting human health in the United States, how these impacts are projected to change as the climate changes and how communities and individuals will be affected, often disproportionately. In addition to providing some estimates of economic valuation of health impacts, the chapter assesses the published literature on how adaptation actions can address risks and build resilience.

Health topics are also covered in other chapters throughout the 4^th National Climate Assessment, including nearly all of the regional chapters. Sectors such as air quality and cross-cutting areas, such as the international appendix and adaptation chapter, also incorporate discussions of human health.

This poster will provide further information about how the chapter was developed, the motivation for the scope of the chapter and key findings for the health sector.