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CHanGE

Our vision: A world in which climate action protects health, and health action prioritizes climate resilience.

Our work

Students

CHanGE works to train the next generation of researchers and policy makers in climate change and health research.

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About us

CHanGE is a community of researchers, staff, students, and community members working together to improve people’s health in a changing environment.

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Research

CHanGE researches the effects of global environmental change on human health in order to help communities adapt to likely future scenarios.

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Decision support

CHanGE created an online tool, Chart, to provide decision makers and community members with local data on heat-health risks.

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Stories from the blog

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Bridging health and home: Somalis for Sustainability

How diaspora-led climate action connects communities to solutions for environmental extremes

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Café conversations: Brewing resilience against climate change

Meet the fellows asking, 'how are you doing?'

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Minding the gap

How implementation science turns climate health research into action

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From classroom to climate-health action

Meet the 2026 CHanGE certificate graduates and hear how they are advancing sustainable food systems, climate-health governance, and coastal resilience

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In the news

Q&A: UW doctoral student on expanding climate models to better capture the complexities of public health
October 14, 2026 | UW News | Featured: Carole Green | View

Summers Are Getting Hotter and Deadlier, Especially for Older Americans
June 22, 2026 | AARP | Featured: Kristie Ebi | View

Hotter summers could be making us sick in unexpected ways
July 31, 2025 | Washington Post | Featured: Kristie Ebi | View

Upcoming Talk: Climate Change and Coastal Peoples: Tribally Led Adaptation in the Gulf of Alaska
January 29, 2025 | Featured: Dr. Matthew Gribble | View

CHanGE PhD Student Haemin Park giving Environmental Health Seminar on Jan. 9: The Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
January 8, 2025 | DEOHS | Featured: Haemin Park, Kris Ebi | View

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Reach Center

Our mission is to develop, implement and evaluate interventions to support health in extreme weather and environmental conditions.

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