2018 Annual Meeting: Climate & Health Solutions for Our Future

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Climate Change is Harming Our Health

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Members in Action & Blog

Opinion: Congress, it’s time to follow your doctor’s prescription on climate change
Our Executive Director, Dr. Mona Sarfaty penned a poignant piece in the The Hill entitled “Congress, it’s time to follow your doctor’s prescription on climate change” on the importance of Congress taking action to protect the health of all Americans against climate change.
November 2018 Champion!
Dr. David Pollack, a psychiatrist and professor, is a champion for elevating the urgency of climate change within the field of psychiatry. He helped found the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, which is improving professional and public education around the urgent risks of climate change and its profound impacts on mental health and well being.
Opinion: How to win against climate change
Robert Byron, a Montana internist and ACP member, writes about a price on carbon as a policy solution.

Latest News

Statement: Medical Societies Respond to National Climate Assessment
On November 23, the Trump Administration today released the 4th National Climate Assessment, a Congressionally-mandated report on the impacts of climate change in the US. The report reaffirms what our physician members are seeing in all parts of the country.
Press Release: Internists and Medical Society Consortium Awarded Grant to Embed Racial Equity into Their Climate Resilience Work
The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health have been selected for participation in the new Racial Equity Learning Program under the Kresge Foundation’s Environment Program.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

Jan 15: CCL Webinar – Values, Democracy and Solutions for a Changing Planet
Tue, Jan 15, 1:15 PM – Join Ed Saltzberg, Managing Director of the Security and Sustainability Forum in a one-hour conversation with Citizen Climate Lobby’s Executive Director, Mark Reynolds. CCL is a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.
January 12: Clinical Climate Change – Patients, Populations, and Providers and the Impacts of Global Warming
New York Academy of Medicine – This full day CME conference will offer 8.25 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ and connect physicians, nurses, frontline staff, and allied health professionals with up-to-date evidence-based information on the impact of climate change on the health of populations to inform patient treatment and care.
Dec 8: COP24 – 2018 Global Climate and Health Summit
The annual Health Summit alongside COP serves as a key anchoring event for advancing health-focused action, engagement and collaboration to address climate change.

Our Mission

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.