The Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment studies the connections between human health and the environment

November 5, 2015 by Shanna Edberg

From studies on the health costs of coal to modeling the health benefits of the EPA’s clean power plant rules, the Harvard-based Center for Health and the Global Environment offers a wealth of resources on the connections between climate, energy, food, and health. Their Climate, Energy, and Health program strives to bring top-notch science about these connections to inform decision-making on energy and climate change.

**Climate Protection: **Avoiding burning fossil fuels for energy reduces greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change** Health, Well-being, & Safety: **Reducing the extent of climate change improves air quality and access to clean water, and reduces the range of disease vectors such as mosquitoes** Food & Water: Lessening the impact of climate change also mitigates threats to food and water access caused by a warming world Connection: **The Center aims to empower and educate decision makers and the public on health and the environment

This post is part of a series on organizations and leaders who engage in ​multisolving, or climate-smart policies that simultaneously work to mitigate climate change while providing co-benefits such as the ones described above.