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Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health 3 Government and Private-Sector Involvement in Climate Change, Indoor Environment, and Health Issues Several government and private-sector bodies are involved in various issues of climate change, indoor environment, and health. This chapter identifies them and summarizes their work in those issues. It also lists some major sources of data on the characteristics of buildings, the indoor environment, and public health and discusses how they might inform questions about the intersection between them. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS The 2010 National Research Council report Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change lists 19 US federal executive and legislative branch bodies that are involved in or affected by decisions about climate change (NRC, 2010). This section lists the entities that are most directly involved in issues related to the intersection between climate change, the indoor environment, and health and identifies some of their work. Chapter 8 provides additional detail on programs related to building weatherization and energy efficiency. US Environmental Protection Agency The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—the sponsor of the present study—conducts and coordinates research on a broad array of issues associated with climate change. Its purview includes both the outdoors 53 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.