Climate Change and Health Basics
Key Points
- Climate change touches all aspects of our health and well-being.
- Children, people with health issues, and those facing inequities suffer greater impacts.
- The burning of fossil fuels is the largest contributor to climate change.
- CDPH leads multiple climate change and health equity-related projects and programs.
Climate change is the greatest public health threat, as well as the greatest opportunity to take action for the health of ourselves and the health of future generations. —
Lancet, 2015