Health and climate change

What is good for planetary health is also good for population health – and what is bad for the planet is also bad for people

Six aspects of climate adaptation– temperature, air, water, food, nature, and disease - and the likely impact on the health of the population of Suffolk. 

Suffolk's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment is created as web pages, PowerBI dashboards, PDF documents, infographics and other formats.

Suffolk statistics are compared to England where possible. Smaller areas of Suffolk are contrasted with the whole county.

This page groups JSNA content most relevant to climate adaptation. To see everything related to the JSNA, go to the main JSNA page or search the report index.


The infographic is a Suffolk overview - use it with other JSNA data & resources. Where indicators have been colour-coded, this shows statistical significance compared to England data. Source information for users to explore the data more thoroughly is linked at the bottom right of the graphic.


Dashboards - data visualisations

These are regularly updated with the latest data.

Housing and environment (Suffolk summary) - includes house-building figures, home heating, private transport availability and travel to work.

Take a look at the Met Office local authority climate explorer, which provides local data and allows you to download detailed climate reports for each local authority. 

Web reports

Each web page links to information divided into different documents.

Housing and health needs assessment (2024) -  includes separate chapters on unsuitable, unsafe, or unhealthy housing.

Mental health needs assessment (2023) - includes a chapter on the environmental factors that can increase the risk of mental ill health or protect emotional wellbeing. 

Suffolk air quality campaign - includes information on air pollution in Suffolk, how it is monitored and managed, how it affects our health and the environment and what we can do to make our air cleaner and healthier. 

Climate adaptation documents (PDF reports, presentations and infographics)


Report index

Filtered to show the most relevant resources for climate adaptation.