The potential health costs of climate change are huge, report finds
“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.
Dr. Jonathan Patz Elected to National Academy of Medicine
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....
A physician says we need to connect the dots between worsening health and climate change.
Dr. Susan Miller writes about how doctors are already seeing the impact of climate change - drought, extreme heat, and floods - on their patients' health.
October 2019 Champion!
Dr. Bansal, Florida Hospitalist and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, talks about the effects of Climate Change on Health and the Environment.
Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes
Dr. Neha Pathak writes about how the science clearly shows that unhealthy air is dangerous. Air pollution increases the risk of serious health problems.
Healing and Sustaining a ‘Good Enough’ Mother Earth: The Physicians’ Call to Action
Drs David Pollack and Robin Cooper write about how human-caused climate change is threatening the health of the planet, Mother Earth, and all its inhabitants.
September 2019 Champion!
Dr. Marcalee Alexander is working on the climate crisis literally one step at a time, as she walks on an awareness-raising mission from Campobello Island to Key West, Florida.
Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate
Drs. Renee N. Salas, Debra Malina, and Caren G. Solomons write about how the medical community have a responsibility and opportunity to mobilize the urgent, large-scale climate action required to....
A New Era of Climate Medicine – Addressing Heat-Triggered Renal Disease
As stewards of community health, Drs. Cecilia Sorensen and Ramon Garcia-Trabanino write about seeing the casualties of climate change firsthand.
Public Service Commission should set ambitious energy saving goals for power companies
As physicians on the front line of public health, Drs. Cheryl Holder and Todd Sack know that energy efficiency reduces pollution, improves human health, and lowers energy costs.
Climate change is making us sicker
Dr. Homan Wai writes about the increasing health impacts, due to our warming and increasingly unstable climate. The time to act is now to protect our health!
Climate Change and Health: A Call to Social Workers
Carrie Dorn writes about how social workers can help clients recognize and address emotional, health, and environmental factors to improve well-being.
The climate of American medicine
Dr. Sam Stea appeals to doctors, nurses, friends and peers, that now is the time we must acknowledge climate change as the grave health crisis it will most certainly become....
July 2019 Champion!
As the climate crisis intensifies, brutal days become more common, which puts more Floridians in greater danger – a health risk that Dr. Todd Sack wishes more people realized.
Extreme Heat in Miami Will Only Get Worse, Scientists Warn
Miami has broken heat records left and right this summer, but scientists say this is just the beginning.
Climate change a threat to public health
The directors for the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate write about how climate change is affecting public health in Montana.
The Case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change
Drs Renee N. Salas, Wendy Jacobs, and Frederica Perera write about the case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change.
June 2019 Champion!
As physicians, we are bound by the Hippocratic oath to prevent what we cannot treat. Our climate crisis needs bold science-based policy to transform our fossil-based electricity, transportation and food-systems.....
Video: “Another Tool in the Toolbox”
Dr Lori Byron speaks about climate, health and divestment in this PK (Pecha Kucha) talk.
Video: Climate change disproportionately affects low-income populations
Florida TV coverage interviewing FCCA Members as part of the Trouble in Paradise series.