Climate Change & Health – Each Impact
Graphic: USGCRP 2016 Climate and Health Assessment
Please see the links below for more detailed information about the human health impacts of climate change for each health outcome, provided by the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s 2016 Climate and Health Assessment. DOH is in the process of creating a statewide vulnerability assessment that will detail how climate change specifically impacts each health outcome for Hawaiʻi, which will be updated on this webpage soon.
Extreme Heat
- Heat in Hawaiʻi Resources:
Severe Weather Events
Air Pollution
Vector-borne Disease
Water Quality Impacts
Water and Food Supply Impacts
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Exposure to Chemical Contaminants
HEER’s Toxicologist Dr. Diana Felton presents Climate Change & Chemical Contamination, June 2022
Risks of Sea Level Rise and Increased Flooding on Known Chemical Contamination in Hawaiʻi, June 21, 2021
This memorandum aims to describe how increased flooding, ground water inundation and sea level rise resulting from climate change will increase risks to human health and the environment from chemical contamination.
Public Comments: The following comments have been submitted on the June 21, 2022, HEER Office memorandum on the risks of sea level rise to contaminated sites in Hawai’i. Stakeholder workgroups are planned to discuss specific topics and develop strategies for long-term management of areas of contaminated soil, sediment and groundwater in coastal potentially affected coastal areas. Additional comments and ideas are welcome at any time and should be submitted to Diana Felton ([email protected]) and Roger Brewer ([email protected]).
- Arcadis U.S. Inc. (June 24 2022)
- Iwilei District Participating Parties (July 25 2022)
- HEER Intern Martina Segura presentation slides on identifying HEER sites at risk for sea level rise impacts, May 20, 2021
Maps in iHEER
For a map view of sites that are within the flooding exposure area from a 3.2 foot sea level rise and a 1% flood risk with a 3.2 foot sea level rise, go to the iHEER Viewer, Sites tab, and type in “SLR 3.2ft Flooding” or “1% flood risk with SLR 3.2ft”.
HEPCRA Facilities
Tier II Facilities may also be affected by SLR.