Statements Archives · The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)

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....

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....

Comments on Clean Cars Rollbacks

Over 90 public health organizations submitted an impressive joint testimony to the EPA

Statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report

The Consortium issued this statement in response to the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change titled “Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C,” which warned of....

Call to Action of the Global Climate and Health Forum

San Francisco, CA September 12, 2018 Click here to view the press release Climate change is a global health emergency. It is impacting the health of our communities today. A....

Statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Rule to Replace the Clean Power Plan

Medical Societies Respond to EPA’s Proposed Air Pollution Rule

Public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups oppose EPA transparency rule

For release July 16, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00) Nearly seventy public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups representing millions of Americans released the following statement to express....

Response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” proposed rule

Dr. Mona Sarfaty’s Statement (July 17, 2018): Respected EPA panelists and fellow citizens. My name is Mona Sarfaty. I am a physician trained in family medicine and public health; I....