Faith Mitchell presentation on climate change, health and equity, and why health and environmental funders should engage with climate change.

1. Faith Mitchell
Grantmakers In Health
Linda Rudolph
Center for Climate
Change and Health
Loel Solomon
Kaiser Permanente
Community Benefit
Program and Convergence
Partnership
Karla Fortunato
Health &
Environmental
Funders Network

2. Why is climate change important to
health and environmental funders?
Image of flooded fields in Oakville, Iowa courtesy of National Geographic.
• Global issue with local implications
• Affects systems in which we live (air,
water, food, shelter)
• Effects are more serious for vulnerable
populations and communities and can
exacerbate health inequities
• Health and public health officials already
working in this space, whether they
recognize it or not (improving transit,
strengthening local food systems)
• Environmental health/justice issues that
funders are addressing are linked to
forces that are driving climate change