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Health department outlines Climate and Health Adaptation Framework and community outreach plan
Summary
The Department of Public Health presented a Climate and Health Adaptation Framework that links climate projections to health outcomes, highlights neighborhood vulnerabilities and proposes 80+ adaptation strategies; staff said they will finalize a community outreach strategy and issue a press release pending commission approval.
Cindy Commerford, who directs the department's climate and health program in the Office of Policy and Planning, presented the department's Climate and Health Adaptation Framework and related tools, including an interactive climate-and-health profile and neighborhood vulnerability mapping.
Commerford said the program began in 2010 with competitive CDC grant funding and is one of two city-based programs funded nationally. She summarized projected local climate changes — rising extreme heat days,…
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