Big Task, Small Budget Awaits Health Agency’s New Climate Office

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A newly-launched federal office faces a variety of challenges if it is to succeed in its goal of connecting the dots on health in interagency climate work, health and climate experts said.With an eight-person crew and limited budget, the Health and Human Services Department’s new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity-which opened its doors on Sept. 6- willneed to keep focus within a range of competing agency interests, including its own health agency of over 80,000 employees.