With its increasing heat, climate variability, natural disaster frequency and severity, and pollution due to wildfire smoke, climate change is considered the greatest threat to global health of the 21st century. Physiatry, also known as physical medicine and...
Statements
Consortium Statement on US and Global Efforts to Reduce Methane Emissions
The Consortium applauds the Biden Administration and world leaders for taking critical steps to reduce methane emissions, including the proposed EPA rule to regulate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
Statement on House Action on Build Back Better
As Thanksgiving approaches, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health is grateful to President Biden and members of the House of Representatives for the passage of the Build Back Better initiative.
Optimal Dietary Lifestyle for Human and Planetary Health Statement
A statement by The American College of Lifestyle Medicine on optimal dietary lifestyle for human and planetary health on leading causes of chronic diseases.
Pediatric societies’ declaration on responding to the impact of climate change on children
In 2020 the International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health identified the need to rally pediatricians and child health professionals from around the world to address the climate crisis because of its adverse effects on child health. In response, a declaration on responding to the impact of climate change on children was drafted by the International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health and subsequently revised and adopted by the International Pediatric Association.
Consortium Statement on Initiative to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat
The Consortium welcomes and applauds the Biden Administration’s new cross-agency initiative to protect workers and communities from the impacts of extreme heat.
Consortium Statement on the IPCC Report Release
The Sixth Assessment Report released from the IPCC turns up the dial on the urgency to respond to climate change and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Proposed SGIM Position Related to Health Effects of Climate Change
A statement by SGIM recognising climate change is among the major public health issues of this century, if not the most significant public health opportunity currently facing the Earth.
Statement on the United States’ Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target
Our Director’s statement on the Biden Administration’s newly announced target of 50-52% emissions reductions by 2030.