Climate Change and Environmental Health Map
Iowans are no stranger to the impacts of climate change, dealing with its growing consequences like blistering heat, extreme floods, and devastating storms that are growing more common each year. Our communities are full of people who have experienced these tragic events in every big city, small town, and rural area across our state. While climate change brings new threats, IEC’s 30-year history of advocating for environmental stewardship is evidence that our state’s challenges brought forth by pollution in our rivers, lakes, streams, and skies is not a new problem.
See below to access the map, plus resources to help you use it to its fullest extent. User tips and a codebook containing the name, definition, and source of each layer can be found though these links:
To assist community leaders, local and state officials, environmental advocates, and other stakeholders in understanding Iowa’s vulnerability to climate change impacts and legacy environmental pollution, we were proud to create the Climate Change and Environmental Health in Iowa map. This web-based map can serve as a crucial tool to inform local environmental efforts, protect our most vulnerable populations from pollution, and invest in the neighborhoods across our state that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.