Promoting and translating research on public health benefits of multi-sectoral climate actions.Addressing health disparities exacerbated by climate impacts to enhance community health resilience.Identifying communities with disproportionate exposures to climate hazards and vulnerable populations.The Office works alongside community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, business, industry, along with, state, tribal, local, and territorial governments, to define and implement strategies, conduct strategic outreach and communications, and train and empower community residents. The Office also facilitates the use of regulatory and statutory powers of the Department of Health and Human Services to address matters affecting disadvantaged communities and people on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Exercising powers of convening, coordination and collaboration, the Office serves as a department-wide hub for climate change and health policy, programming, and analysis, in pursuit of environmental justice and equitable health outcomes. The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity addresses the impact of climate change on the health of the American people. On August 31, 2021, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity was established as part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Immediate Office of the Secretary (86 Fed. On January 27, 2021, President Biden directed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to address the impact of climate change on the health of the American people (Executive Order 14008 section 222(d)). To protect the health of people throughout the US in the face of climate change, especially those experiencing a higher share of exposures and impacts.
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