Jan 11, 2020: Climate Change and Health Advocacy Skill Up for Health Professionals
Find community among health professionals fighting the climate crisis, and learn key skills for climate and health advocacy in 2020!
Jan 9, 2020 Webinar – Climate Impacts: Public Health
This webinar will discuss how to use a national framework to pursue ‘resilience’ from a health perspective, assess information on hazards, health effects, and vulnerability, and support the development of....
January 2020 Champion!
Dr. Pathak, an internal medicine physician and medical editor at WebMD, believes physicians should encourage their patients toward climate action to protect or improve their health.
Feb 4, 2020 Webinar: Nursing in a Changing Climate: A Call to Action
This webinar will provide a brief overview of how climate change impacts human health globally, the strategies and solutions to address climate change, and how nurses and nursing organizations can....
Dec 13, 2019: Focus on Climate Change – Heat Health Hope
Hear directly from Dr. Marc Futernick as he speaks about the climate challenges faced at California Hospital.
Dec 9, 2019: Climate for Health Ambassadors Training
This training equips health professionals with knowledge, hands-on practice, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change.
Dec 7, 2019: Global Climate and Health Summit
At COP25, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) will convene a one-day summit on climate and health.
Statement on the EPA’s proposed amendments to the 2012 and 2016 NSPS for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
This proposal would do away with the requirements that oil and gas companies install technology to detect and fix methane leaks from wells, pipelines, and storage facilities.
Nov 18, 2019: Exclusive Event to celebrate the Lancet Countdown Global Report and U.S. Brief
Join the Lancet Countdown and the American Public Health Association for this exclusive event to celebrate the release of the 2019 U.S. Brief to be held on November 18, 2019....
Video Interview with David Wallace Wells: Climate Change & Our Health
Author David Wallace-Wells' interview on 24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves, where he spoke with Rolling Stone journalist Jamil Smith about the health impacts of the climate....
Nov 17, 2019: Forum – Health Impact of Climate Change – Preparing your Communities and Practices
This education program will be offered during the 2019 Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Nov 16, 2019: Wisconsin Climate and Health Kick-off Conference
This statewide conference will feature speakers from across the health care spectrum and help attendees learn about how the climate crisis is affecting the health of their patients.
The 2019 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
An unprecedented challenge demands an unprecedented response. This 2019 Report tracks the relationship between health and climate change across five key domains and 41 indicators.
The potential health costs of climate change are huge, report finds
“Our warming planet is putting millions of us at risk for heat-related illness and even death,” says Kim Knowlton of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Nov 7-8, 2019: Georgia Climate Conference
Join leaders from across the state sharing progress and identifying opportunities to respond to a changing climate.
Nov 7, 2019 Webinar: Rivers as the nexus to reverse climate change at scale and advance social justice
Join the Security and Sustainability Form for this one hour webinar as Joseph Kelly discusses his regenerative agriculture work in Southeast Asia, and the benefits planned for the local population.
JAMA Calls for Climate & Health Papers
As a global open-access health journal, JAMA Network Open is issuing a call for papers on the health outcomes and risks associated with climate change.
Dr. Jonathan Patz Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his pioneering research on climate....
December 2019 Champion!
Dr. Morgan is an orthopedic surgeon in Sarasota, Florida, and understands the link between the climate crisis and health, especially among low-income minority patients.
Oct 14-18, 2019 – Harvard Certificate Program: Media and Medicine, How to Tell Stories that Make a Difference
In this two-part media intensive participants will be given the tools needed to succeed in telling their personal health-related stories.