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.
 
 

“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.
 

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 change and human health.
 

January 2, 2020
 
Dear President Trump,
 
Americans often welcome in the New Year by making resolutions. In that spirit, many of us are committing to taking steps to improve our health. We’re resolving to move more, eat better and get more fresh air. We’re trying to improve our financial health as well, by spending more wisely. Mr. President, with one action, you could help us achieve all of these things:
 
Stop our withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
 
Our organizations represent hundreds of thousands of our country’s doctors, nurses and other health care providers. We are seeing, right now, the harms to our health that global warming is creating. We foresee much greater health harms to all Americans, especially our children and grandchildren, if we do not join with the rest of the world to respond to the climate crisis—because climate change is a public health emergency.
 
Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement is not just about preventing the worst of the devastating health harms climate change will bring. It’s also about seizing this public health crisis and turning it into a major public health opportunity. Climate solutions are health solutions.
 
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