Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States (2015)

Review of the Draft Interagency Report

on the Impacts of Climate Change

on Human Health in the United States

Committee to Review the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate
Change on Human Health in the United States

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Division on Earth and Life Studies

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Institute of Medicine

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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT INTERAGENCY REPORT ON THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES

DANIEL S. GREENBAUM (Chair), Health Effects Institute

HEIDI E. BROWN, University of Arizona

PETER DASZAK, EcoHealth Alliance

LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University

SABRINA MCCORMICK, George Washington University

CHRISTOPHER J. PORTIER, Environmental Defense Fund

ARTHUR L. REINGOLD, University of California, Berkeley

ARMISTEAD G. RUSSELL, Georgia Institute of Technology

M. CRISTINA TIRADO, University of California, Los Angeles

BENJAMIN ZAITCHIK, Johns Hopkins University

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff:

LAUREN EVERETT, Associate Program Officer

SHELLY FREELAND, Administrative and Financial Assistant

MICHAEL HUDSON, Program Assistant

ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate

BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE

A.R. RAVISHANKARA (Chair), Colorado State University, Fort Collins

GERALD A. MEEHL (Vice Chair), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

LANCE F. BOSART, State University of New York, Albany

MARK A. CANE, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

SHUYI S. CHEN, University of Miami, Florida

HEIDI CULLEN, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey

PAMELA EMCH, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, California

ARLENE FIORE, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

WILLIAM B. GAIL, Global Weather Corporation, Boulder, Colorado

LISA GODDARD, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

MAURA HAGAN, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

TERRI S. HOGUE, Colorado School of Mines, Golden

ANTHONY JANETOS, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, Maryland

EVERETTE JOSEPH, SUNY University at Albany, New York

RONALD “NICK” KEENER, JR., Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina

JOHN R. NORDGREN, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Michigan

JONATHAN OVERPECK, University of Arizona, Tucson

STEPHEN W. PACALA, Princeton University, New Jersey

ARISTIDES A.N. PATRINOS, New York University, Brooklyn

S.T. RAO, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

DAVID A. ROBINSON, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway

CLAUDIA TEBALDI, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey

Ocean Studies Board Liaison

DAVID HALPERN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Polar Research Board Liaison

JENNIFER FRANCIS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Marion, Massachusetts

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff

AMANDA STAUDT, Director

EDWARD DUNLEA, Senior Program Officer

LAURIE GELLER, Senior Program Officer

KATHERINE THOMAS, Program Officer

LAUREN EVERETT, Associate Program Officer

ALISON MACALADY, Postdoctoral Fellow

KRISTINA PISTONE, Postdoctoral Fellow

AMANDA PURCELL, Research and Financial Associate

RITA GASKINS, Administrative Coordinator

ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate

SHELLY FREELAND, Administrative and Financial Assistant

MICHAEL HUDSON, Program Assistant

BOARD ON POPULATION HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE

ELLEN W. CLAYTON (Chair), Vanderbilt University

HORTENSIA D. AMARO, University of Southern California

JULIA A. BALDWIN, University of South Florida

SHEILA P. BURKE, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

BRUCE N. CALONGE, The Colorado Trust

SUSAN J. CURRY, The University of Iowa

CARLOS DEL RIO, Emory University

SUSAN DENTZER, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

GARTH N. GRAHAM, Aetna Foundation

KENNETH W. KIZER, University of California, Davis

GRACE M. LEE, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

HOWARD MARKEL, University of Michigan Medical School

RICARDO MARTINEZ, North Highland Worldwide

LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University

DANIEL POLSKY, University of Pennsylvania

JOHN A. RICH, Drexel University School of Public Health

JOSHUA M. SHARFSTEIN, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

STEVEN M. TEUTSCH, Independent Consultant

JAMES N. WEINSTEIN, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

WINSTON F. WONG, Kaiser Permanente

WILLIAM A. YASNOFF, National Health Information Infrastructure Advisor

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff

ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Director

KATHLEEN STRATTON, Scholar

KAREN ANDERSON, Senior Program Officer

ALINA BACIU, Senior Program Officer

KAREN HELSING, Senior Program Officer

LYLA HERNANDEZ, Senior Program Officer

AMY GELLER, Program Officer

GURU MADHAVAN, Program Officer

MELISSA FRENCH, Associate Program Officer

LESLIE KWAN, Research Associate

ANDREW LEMERISE, Research Associate

ALEJANDRA MARTIN, Research Associate

ERIN RUSCH, Research Associate

KINPRITMA SANGHA, Research Associate

TINA RITTER, Research Assistant

HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant

COLIN F. FINK, Senior Program Assistant

ANGELA MARTIN, Senior Program Assistant

ANNA MARTIN, Senior Program Assistant

EMILY VOLLBRECHT, Senior Program Assistant

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Acknowledgments

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in their review of this report:

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lynn R. Goldman, George Washington University, Washington, DC, appointed by the Report Review Committee, and Robert F. Sawyer, University of California, Berkeley, appointed by the Division on Earth and Life Studies, who were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Contents

Summary

Introduction

Answers to the Statement of Task Questions

Chapter Reviews

References

Appendix A: Compilation of Committee Member Comments

Appendix B: Statement of Task

Appendix C: Committee Biographies

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