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SCORCH is pleased to announce the launching of a webpage cataloguing K-12+ programs across the state that build knowledge and skills in environment, climate, and health; we hope you will share this webpage within your networks.

Please visit this new SCORCH webpage to access Earth Day national and internation resources and find upcoming events across Arizona.

Center for Engagement, Environmnental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) announces the launch of its 2025 Climate Justice Fellows Program. This program offers a unique opportunity for individuals passionate about environmental and climate justice to expand their knowledge and skills, empowering them to lead change in their communities.

The University of Arizona's Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Heatlh Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change & Health and Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) were invited to table at the 2025 Davis Monthan Air Force Base (DMAFB) STEAM Village event which served 1,400+ K-12 grade students primarily from Tucson Unified School District Title I schools within the span of 4 hours.

The 16th Annual Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) brought together authors, presenters, volunteers, and visitors to celebrate literature and education at one of the largest book festivals in the United States. The interactive tables, titled "Climate and the Environment: Your Health Matters," jointly hosted by Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center (ESRAC) and Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH), were a success at the Science City "Science of You" neighborhood.

Southwest Center for Resilience in Climate Change and Health (SCORCH) is developing a webpage to serve as a central place for cataloguing K-12 programs and initiatives that focus on building knowledge, awareness, and skills in the areas of environment, climate, and health. Please help us generate awareness and support of youth and young adult engagement programs in Arizona by submitting an entry for any program you administer and by sharing this link across your networks. A team member will follow-up on each submission to ensure accurate representation of the program before posting information on this website. Thank you for your assistance!

If you happen to find yourself at the AMS annual meeting, come interact with SCORCH at these sessions!

Earliest submission date is February 5, 2025; expiration date is January 8, 2028. The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of the interest of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative (CCHI) in supporting implementation science related to climate change and health. This NOSI encourages applications that propose implementation studies to understand and address barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of effective

A new statewide task force led by the Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is raising awareness among health care providers and the public about the dangers of extreme heat and the use of certain medications.

Responding to state-level planning efforts and ongoing local, heat planning efforts, the City of Tucson, Pima County Health Department, and the University of Arizona mobilized to organize the first Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit, held on February 3, 2024. This report provides a summary of the summit as well as findings and outcomes generated through facilitated breakout sessions.