• The readiness
of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification
of relationships between climate
variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants
of vulnerability within and between populations • Development
of reliable methods to connect climate - related changes in food systems and
water supplies to health under different conditions • Prediction
of future risks in response to climate change scenarios and
of reductions in the baseline level
of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification
of the
available resources, limitations
of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments
of the U.S. population