Explore solutions at the intersection of #ClimateChange and #GlobalHealth at the upcoming #FHFSummit , June 18-20, in Baku! Learn more and register: ow.ly/zplo50REzsJ

Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report. A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product (GDP), the researchers found, a far higher estimate than that of previous analyses.⁦ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

📢📢Calling all health professionals

For the first time, CMS has proposed collecting, monitoring, assessing, and addressing hospital greenhouse gas emissions.

Please let CMS know you support the TEAM Decarbonization and Resilience Initiative today.
votervoice.net/HP4C/Campaigns…

I talked to The Associated Press about how gas stoves are a health risk and consumers deserve to know so they can ⬇️ risk. I counsel families regularly about this; every family has been grateful for that knowledge. Glad California is taking action to inform consumers: apnews.com/article/califo…

On Friday, the climate/health community and the world lost an amazing leader, Dr. Terry O'Connor, and I lost a dear friend. Please join me in honoring him by working to protect human and planetary health. mtexpress.com/news/breaking_… The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Global Climate and Health Alliance CU Climate & Health

#UWashEM 's Dr. Stefan Wheat is a co-author of an article published in The BMJ titled, 'How to communicate about climate change with patients.'

Read more: bmj.com/content/385/bm…

This should act as a further call to action for every person motivated by #climateishealth to use your voice to vote and encourage others to do the same. Vot-ER Environmental Voter Project

Scientists aren't in despair because >2.5C of heating is inevitable, but because it becomes inevitable through a lack of action

But if enough of us demand action, we reach tipping points and action follows

The future isn't written. Let's prove them wrong

This is a big deal. CMS to launch decarbonization and resilience initiative for health systems nationwide. Learn more here: cms.gov/team-decarboni…

We need to talk about the green elephant in medical school classrooms: climate change. 85% of the world's medical schools fail to incorporate it into their curricula. Dr. Neil Vora (Neil Vora, MD (he/him)) writes on why it's time for that to change. medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

'Dear friends, scientifically, this is not a #ClimateCrisis . We are now facing something deeper. Mass extinction. Air pollution. Undermining ecosystem functions. Really putting humanity’s future at risk. This is a #PlanetaryCrisis .'

— Professor Johan Rockström

#ActOnClimate

Read the news story here:

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

- Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of IPCC scientists finds

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theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Powerful sign-off from UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment - the most excellent ⁦Dr. David R. Boyd⁩ Dr. David Boyd. Thanks also from@WHO for being such a champion of health under threat from the climate crisis. ⁦Dr Maria Neira⁩ theguardian.com/world/article/…

Love this. Address the upstream problems that lead to patients failing outpatient management. An increase in social admissions is really just a marker of our failure to set our patients up to thrive in the community.

On this #NationalNursesDay , we'd like to recognize some of our partners in nursing for their work at the intersection of climate and health!

NAHN
@heartnurses
NPWH
National League for Nursing
AssnPubHlthNurses
AAOHN
American Academy of Nursing
ANHE

In a new AMA What Doctors Wish Patients Knew, three physicians share what patients need to know about climate change.

'There are countless facets to what we mean by public health, and climate change affects them all.' ama-assn.org/delivering-car…

Such a pleasure to speak with Erin and Melanie on the Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Nation podcast about how #ClimateRx is empowering clinicians to bridge the climate and health divide with their patients. Climate for Health ecoAmerica

open.spotify.com/episode/3xnV2y…

The Economist published our letter on the healthcare workforce preparedness for the use of AI in health, co-authored with the fantastic Dr David Reser of Monash Rural Health Health Monash University Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences #AI #Healthcare #Workforce #Education #digitalhealth economist.com/letters/2024/0…

Calling all health professionals! Do you work directly with patients? Climate for Health offers the #ClimateRx program to make it easy for you to help your patients understand the health impacts of climate and what they can do about it: bit.ly/3e9geHc