Advancing Shared Solutions to Intersect Climate Action and Health Equity: Opportunities for NJ to advance health equity-informed climate solutions
(Image Source: Balbus et al. 2016)
The Alliance's Public Health Workgroup has led efforts in New Jersey to document the disproportionate impact that climate change has on the same communities and populations that experience health disparities. Previously, the workgroup: issued a Climate and Health Profile Report that outlines major anticipated impacts of climate change on public health in New Jersey; convened a cross-sector convening of public health, social justice, environmental, health care and other leaders to outline climate change and public health strategies that more systematically connect health equity and climate; and issued a white paper that outlines an actionable framework for a Climate and Health Framework for New Jersey. In June 2022, the Alliance issued a second white paper prepared by the Public Health Workgroup that outlines short term opportunities for action in New Jersey to systematically connect public health improvements to climate change action.