SCIENCE FOR A HEALTHY, JUST, AND MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Harvard Chan C-CHANGE makes climate change personal by connecting it to health and highlighting how climate solutions can provide for a healthier and more just world today and a livable future for our children.

Youth Summit on Climate, Equity, and Health

Your monthly dose of good news about climate action
The Climate Optimist brings you helpful tips and good news each month to help you stay focused on our shared mission to improve health by tackling climate change.
Featured Issues

Climate, Kids, and Health
Showing how climate solutions and transitioning to clean energy protects children from dangerous pollutants and helps them live healthier lives today and in the future.
Climate Change and Infectious Disease
Reducing the risks of emerging infectious diseases by catalyzing actions that bring us back into balance with nature.
Climate MD
Engaging, supporting and empowering medical professionals to help turn awareness of the health threats posed by climate change into actions that improve health today
Featured News

Brutally hot summer becomes proving ground for new heat alert system
Our system, designed with Climate Central, is designed to go beyond existing weather forecasts and text-based alerts to provide more detailed warnings.

Is it possible to be optimistic about climate change?
Our resident Climate Optimist Marcy Franck tells CNN the green transition is unstoppable and picking up speed.

Youth Climate Summit Brings Together High School Students from Across the Globe
It was a summer of learning and action.
Climate action is one of our greatest opportunities to improve health and equity.