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Members in Action & Blog

  • Dr. Bethany Carlos

    May 2022 Champion!

    Meet our May Champion, Dr. Bethany Carlos! She was inspired into climate activism by a survey with a poll on climate’s effect on health.. This led her to apply for the Medical Society Consortium’s Climate Change & Health Equity Fellowship.
     

  • April 2022 Champion!

    Meet Dr. Victoria Gillet. This Milwaukee internist is organizing with two groups to close Wisconsin’s remaining coal-fired power plants.
     
     

  • Dr. Lisa Patel

    Environmental Justice Story Features Deputy Executive Director Dr. Lisa Patel

    Dr. Lisa Patel speaks on environmental justice in this story published on April 13, 2022.
     

 

Latest News

  • Consortium Statement on AMA

    The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (Consortium) is delighted to congratulate the American Medical Association on the resolution passed yesterday by the AMA House of Delegates that “declares climate change a public health crisis that threatens the well-being of every individual.” The resolution commits the AMA to advocating for policies that: “ limit […]

  • Sign On Pledge to Decarbonize

    HHS is asking health care institutions to join a voluntary pledge to decarbonize and plan for climate resilience to best protect the communities they serve.

  • NEJ Article by Drs. John Balbus + Admiral Levine

    Read perspectives on climate equity and health in a recently published article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Our Mission

The mission of the Consortium is to mobilize and amplify the voices of U.S. doctors, in partnership with public health experts and fellow health professionals, to successfully advocate for equitable climate solutions that protect and promote the health of all people.

Our Members

Wilderness Medical Society
Maine Medical Association
Medical Dermatology Society
Medical Society of Delaware
Academic Pediatric Association
American College of Emergency Physicians, WI
American College of Emergency Physicians
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmology
The Society for Pediatric Dermatology
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Endocrine Society
Association of Academic Physiatrists
Infectious Diseases Society of America
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American Academy of Dermatology
American College of Osteopathic Internists
American Psychiatric Association
American Medical Association
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
American Medical Women’s Association
Society of Gynecologic Oncology
American Telemedicine Association
American Association for Community Psychiatry
American College of Emergency Physicians, California
Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM)
American Geriatrics Society
Society of General Internal Medicine
National Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Family Physicians
American College of Physicians
American College of Preventive Medicine
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
American Podiatric Medical Association

Our Affiliates

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
American Public Health Association
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
American Psychosomatic Society
George Washington University Climate and Health Institute
California Medical Association
Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action
Interfaith Public Health Network
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health
Puerto Rico Clinicians for Climate Action
Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
Washington Pediatricians for Climate Action
Mothers & Others for Clean Air
South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate Action
International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health
African Heritage PA Caucus
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action
Wisconsin Medical Society
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future
American Cancer Society
Healthy Air & Water Colorado
Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action
Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Rhode Island Medical Society
National Environmental Health Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
Vermont Medical Society
Islamic Medical Association of North America
Arkansas Medical Society
Climate Health Now
Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate
Mound City Medical Forum
Florida Clinicians for Climate Action
Michigan State Medical Society
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
Physicians for Policy Action
Clean Air Carolina: North Carolina Clinicians for Climate Action
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
My Green Doctor
Medical Society of Northern Virginia
The Global Climate & Health Alliance
Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action
Union of Concerned Scientists
Vermont Climate & Health Alliance
Association for Humanistic Psychology
Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Climate and Health
Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (Minnesota)
American Meteorological Society
American Geophysical Union
American Medical Student Association
Allergy and Asthma Network
US Climate and Health Alliance
Physicians for Social Responsibility
National Association of Social Workers
Moms clean air Force
Health Care Without Harm
Climate for Health
Children’s Environmental Health Network
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
American Psychological Association
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America