The Consortium in the News
October 2023 Supporting Climate, Health, and Equity under the Farm Bill Lisa Patel and Linda Rudolph | NEJM | October 21, 2023 How busy clinicians can advocate for fossil fuel....
Oct 10, 2019 – Webinar: How to Have Difficult Conversations about the Climate Crisis
Join this webinar to gain a deeper understanding of strategies that work, inspiration to connect with people in your community – even those who disagree with you – and real-world....
A physician says we need to connect the dots between worsening health and climate change.
Dr. Susan Miller writes about how doctors are already seeing the impact of climate change - drought, extreme heat, and floods - on their patients' health.
October 2019 Champion!
Dr. Bansal, Florida Hospitalist and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, talks about the effects of Climate Change on Health and the Environment.
Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes
Dr. Neha Pathak writes about how the science clearly shows that unhealthy air is dangerous. Air pollution increases the risk of serious health problems.
Oct 2, 2019 – Webinar: Climate, Health, & Social Work Practice
This webinar will educate participants about the health effects of climate change as they relate to social work practice and advocacy.
Sep 30, 2019 – Seminar: Vulnerability Assessment for Climate and Health in India
Join the Global Health Interest Group for this upcoming Seminar on Climate and Health in India.
Letters to Representatives on Extreme Heat and Protecting Workers from Heat Exposure
Climate change is causing an increase in the number of days of extreme heat and putting many U.S. lives at risk. Read letters from the Consortium sent to Representative Chu....
Sep 24, 2019: WEBINAR – Extreme Storms, Flooding, and Health Impacts: Guidance for Environmental Health Professionals on the Ground
Join this webinar to gain an overview of the health impacts of extreme storms and flooding, including lung health impacts, and practical tips from local environmental health professionals.
Statement on the EPA’s Decision to Revoke California’s Authority to Limit Auto Emissions
The EPA's proposed Clean Air Act revision will weaken policies that improve air quality and harm our health by increasing the pollution we breathe. Doctors are speaking out because reducing....
Sep 21, 2019 Workshop – Climate Change and Public Health: Addressing the Growing Crisis
At this free public educational program, attendees will hear and discuss presentations from distinguished experts in the fields of climate change and public health. Attendees will learn about the latest....
Sep 19, 2019 – Webinar: Towards a 20 GT Negative CO2 Emissions Industry
Join ASU & SSF for a new webinar in the exciting series, "Fast Forward to the New Carbon Economy" about building the low-carbon future.
Sep 17, 2019 – Virginia Climate Crisis Forum
Join people of faith and community members across Virginia to engage in a deep conversation about environmental justice.
Sep 9, 2019 – Webinar: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days
Join SSF and UCS report authors Dr. Rachel Licker, Senior Climate Scientist and Dr. Rachel Cleetus, UCS Policy Director in a review of the report "Killer Heat in the United....
Sep 8-Oct 5, 2019: Climate Change – The Science, Uncertainty & Risk
Join Antioch University New England’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience for a series of online courses focused on the fundamentals of climate change resilience.
Sep 8 to Oct 5, 2019 – Climate Change: The Science, Uncertainty, and Risk Online Course
This online, four-week course will allow you to understand how isolated weather events such as heat waves and intense storm events can be attributed to the changing global climate.
Sep 5-6, 2019 – Certified Climate Change Professional Credential Course
ACCO is offering a series of 2-day training academies in Orlando, Florida to enable attendees to earn the Certified Climate Change Professional® (CC-P®) credential.
Healing and Sustaining a ‘Good Enough’ Mother Earth: The Physicians’ Call to Action
Drs David Pollack and Robin Cooper write about how human-caused climate change is threatening the health of the planet, Mother Earth, and all its inhabitants.
Sep 2019: Yale Climate Change and Health Certificate
An 18-week, online program for public health professionals to equip you with the knowledge and proven strategies needed to increase your community’s resilience to the adverse health impacts of climate....
September 2019 Champion!
Dr. Marcalee Alexander is working on the climate crisis literally one step at a time, as she walks on an awareness-raising mission from Campobello Island to Key West, Florida.