July 23, Webinar: Successful Public Health Campaigns: How to Win on Climate
For decades, public health professionals have advocated for population-scale interventions to improve our overall health and well-being. What can we learn from these campaigns to inform climate successes?
The Climate and Human Health Fellowship
This fellowship at BIDMC trains emergency physicians to examine and advance evidence-based policies that help build climate-resilient communities and health systems.
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July 2020 Champion!
Dr. Andrew Lewandowski is a voice for climate justice by advocating for solutions that are equitable and by bringing people from marginalized communities to the policy-making tables.
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A New Report Card for Medical Schools
The Planetary Health Report Card is a pilot project in the United States and Canada. Medical Students for a Sustainable Future are leading this effort.
A New Report Card for Medical Schools
Usually, it’s the medical schools that issue the report cards, but a group of medical students is turning the tables and issuing report cards on the schools. The subject is....
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Frugal Innovation for Global Surgery
Read the July RCS Bulletin, the entire issue devoted to the carbon footprint of surgery, including the article "Frugal Innovation for Global Surgery" co-authored by Steering Committee member Dr. David....
July 15, 2020 Webinar: Air Quality and COVID-19
This webinar will present findings from the public health, data science, and local government perspectives on air pollution and COVID-19, and include discussion on the research-public policy collaborations underway to....
July 15, 2020 Webinar: A Healthy Recovery – Charting the path forward
This webinar will provide an overview of COVID19 government response packages and what these response packages mean for issues that will shape our future health and well being, from a....
July 2, 2020 Webinar: Heat Exposure for Outdoor Workers
Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action to host a webinar on protecting outdoor workers from dangers posed by rising temperatures due to climate change.
Consortium Applauds House Report: ‘Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America’
Statement by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health applauding the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis for its plan to address the climate emergency.
June 30, 2020 Webinar: The Scientific Evidence on Climate Change & Its Effects on Health
The Houston-based organization Doctors for Change is hosting a webinar on climate-related health threats and raising the "health voice."
Nursing Organizations Launch a New Initiative: Nurses Drawdown
Nurses Drawdown provides nurses around the world with solutions to climate change and a community of nurses to support climate action and cheer each other.
Jun 27, 2020: AMWA Virtual Gathering to discuss Ijeoma Oluo’s Book “So You Want To Talk About Race?”
AMWA will host a virtual gathering to learn and reflect on racism, what it means to be an ally and an upstander, our role as physicians and students of medicine,....
Jun 26, 2020: Climate Justice Symposium
The symposium on climate justice focuses on both the necessary steps to transition to a climate-resilient society and the need to make these transitions inclusive for all inhabitants of our....
Jun 25, 2020 Webinar: Our Transportation Future
This webinar will highlight the regional public health and economic benefits of the proposed Transportation and Climate Initiative.
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Two New Publications Authored by Consortium Members
Read more about these publications - one appearing last week in JAMA; the other earlier this month in the ACEP Journal Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Jun 24, 2020 Webinar: After the Smoke Clears: How Wildfires Impact Our Health
This webinar from the APHA Center for Climate, Health and Equity will discuss wildfire smoke and its public health impacts with a focus on health equity.
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June 2020 Champion!
Dr. Linda Walden is a family physician with a mission of reaching out to make a difference in rural Southwest Georgia, striving for change not just in health care but....
Jun 23, 2020 Webinar: Communicating Critical Messages During Challenging Times
Join this webinar to learn tips for how public health officials can assess audience needs and create clear and compelling messages to reach and engage them during different stages of....
Job Opportunity: Program Manager, Climate Change
APHA is offering a position for Program Manager of Climate Change at the APHA Center for Climate, Health, and Equity.