Population Health
November 19, 2019
New UW research evaluates tropical forests as a natural climate solution
A new research project from the University of Washington and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is investigating tropical forests as a natural climate solution that could help protect human health, create climate-resilient communities and slow the pace of planetary warming.
Specifically, the research team aims to estimate the potential benefits of the cooling services that forests provide by quantifying for the first time the large-scale effects of temperature rise on human health and economic productivity.
This project was funded by the Population Health Initiative and the UW Office of Global Affairs via award of a population health pilot research grant in 2019.