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Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment

We seek climate solutions that can provide for a healthier and more just world today and a livable future for our children.

Location

665 Huntington Avenue 
Building 1, Room 1312 
Boston, MA 02115

Science for a healthy, just, and more sustainable world

We put science into climate action, with a focus on research, education, and outreach efforts to find solutions that improve health for all.

Featured Issues

Harvard Chan students sitting in a lecture hall

Teaching climate and health

Preparing the next generation of climate leaders

Healthcare providers in masks stand in front of a clinic with the words "Heroes work here" below them

Climate resilient clinics

Helping clinics protect patients’ health from climate shocks.

Get Involved

Youth Summits students outside HSPH

Youth summit on climate, equity, and health

Calling all high school students! Apply now for Summer 2025.

Marcia Castro classroom, photographed on the Chan campus, October 27, 2023, by Kent Dayton

Climate change and planetary health concentration

Open to all Harvard Chan students

It’s no longer enough to identify the health impacts of climate change—we need to find solutions.

Mary B. Rice, director of Harvard Chan C-CHANGE

About the Center

From our landmark study showing that coal impacts health at every stage of its life cycle, to our research on toxics in gas stoves and the benefits of clean energy, to our educational programs reaching students around the world, Harvard Chan C-CHANGE has been translating innovative science from across Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for over 25 years. Learn more