Public Health Sector Organizations
Organizations that work on adaption in the public health sector are listed below.
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The Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island (EJLRI) is a non-profit organization working within an alliance of individuals to promote environmental justice in Rhode Island through advocacy, education, networking, organizing, and research. Its mission is to promote safe and healthy environments for all by building power, leadership, and action in the communities most affected by environmental burdens.
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The Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities works to inspire, strengthen, and expand funding and philanthropic leadership that yield environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically prosperous regions and communities. Areas of focus include community development, environment & health, finance, equity & participation, and transportation & climate. Funders engage with the Network by accessing resources and participating in working groups and events.
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The nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Center seeks to advance effective climate and energy policies in the United States and serves as a resource to state and local communities that are working to cut carbon pollution and prepare for climate change. As part of Georgetown Law, the Center works extensively with government officials, academics, and an array of stakeholders. It analyzes the provisions of federal policy relevant to state and local government, works with states on developing innovative new policies, and encourages policymakers to learn from state experience.
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The Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) is an interdisciplinary, multi-national network focused on advancing research and practice to understand and reduce complex human health risks from increasing ambient and extreme heat. It seeks to connect heat health professionals to improve knowledge and information, catalyze partnerships and co-learning, and improve access to resources and training on heat-related risk. Founded by the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Joint Office for Climate and Health, and the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), GHHIN improves the capacity of health professionals, organizations, and governments to protect populations from excess heat events.
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HARC is dedicated to improving human and ecosystem well-being through the application of sustainability science and principles of sustainable development. In a non-partisan and collaborative manner, HARC fosters the implementation of policies and technologies based on principles of social science, natural science, and engineering. HARC's research themes support sustainability solutions in ecosystems, water, air & climate, clean energy, the built environment, and environmental health.
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Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) was founded in 1994 by public school parents who learned about the potential exposure of their children to health risks during school renovations at Joseph E. Gary Elementary in Chicago, Illinois. The mission of LVEJO is to organize within the community to accomplish environmental justice in Chicago's Little Village and achieve the self-determination of immigrant, low-income, and working-class families. Building upon successful clean power, public transit, and open space campaigns, LVEJO remains committed to organizing with those most impacted by industrialization and climate change.
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Representing local health departments, NACCHO serves as a useful resource to local and state governments to build capacity in their programs to increase internal awareness of public health impacts of climate change and to be able to respond to these impacts.
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is one of 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability, by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease. NIEHS’s broad focus on the environmental causes of disease makes the institute a unique part of the NIH.
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NOAH, the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, is an East Boston-based community development corporation structured to collaborate with and support residents and communities in their pursuit of affordable housing strategies, environmental justice, community planning, leadership development, and economic development opportunities.
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Founded in 1991, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) is a non-profit, city-wide membership network linking grassroots organizations from low-income neighborhoods and communities of color in their struggle for environmental justice. NYC-EJA empowers its member organizations to advocate for improved environmental conditions and against inequitable environmental burdens by the coordination of campaigns designed to inform city and state policies. NYC-EJA is led by the community-based organizations that it serves, which coalesce around specific common issues that threaten the ability for low-income communities of color to thrive.
