Resources

  1. Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health- The mission of the Consortium is to organize, empower and amplify the voice of America’s doctors to convey how climate change is harming our health and how climate solutions will improve it. The Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action is a state affiliate of the Consortium and is open to all health professionals.
  2. Health Care Without Harm- works to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice.
  3. Practice Greenhealth is a health care membership organization that provides sustainability solutions that benefit patients and employees, communities, financial security, and the environment.
  4. The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education advances global health security and educates professionals on the effects of climate change.
  5. Climate Advocacy Lab uses evidence, including social science research, data and analytics, field experiments, case studies, and campaign lessons learned to help climate advocates in every part of the U.S. run smarter public engagement campaigns. 
  6. Medical Students for a Sustainable Future is a network of medical students who recognize climate change as an urgent threat to health and social justice. 
  7. Physicians for Social Responsibility  currently focuses on nuclear weapons treaties, climate change action, and promotion of renewable energies, especially solar energy. 
  8. The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy. 
  9. Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments promotes healthy people and healthy environments by educating and leading the nursing profession, advancing research, incorporating evidence-based practice, and influencing policy.
  10. CDC’s Climate and Health Program supports state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies as they prepare for the health impacts of a changing climate.
  11. https://climateforhealth.org/ambassadors-training/ Founded by ecoAmerica, Climate for Health offers tools, resources, and communications to demonstrate visible climate leadership, inspiring and empowering health leaders to speak about, act on and advocate for climate solutions.
  12. Nurses Climate Challenge is a national campaign to mobilize nurses to educate 50,000 health professionals on the impacts of climate change on human health.
  13. Climate Resources for Health Education:  a global health professional-led initiative that aims to provide free, publicly accessible, evidence-based resources to accelerate the  incorporation of climate change and planetary health information into educational curricula.