Toward a Climate-Ready Health Care System: Institutional Motivators and Workforce Engagement


Policy Points

  • The US health care system faces mounting pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change; motivated institutions and an engaged health care workforce are essential to the development, implementation, and maintenance of a climate-ready US health care system.
  • Health care workers have numerous profession-specific and role-specific opportunities to address the causes and impacts of climate change.
  • Policies must address institutional barriers to change and create incentives aligned with climate readiness goals.
  • Institutions and individuals can support climate readiness by integrating content on the health care implications of climate change into educational curricula.

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DRESSER, C., JOHNS, Z., PALARDY, A., McKINNON, S., BREAKEY, S., ROS, A.M.V. and NICHOLAS, P.K. (2024), Toward a Climate-Ready Health Care System: Institutional Motivators and Workforce Engagement. Milbank Quarterly.. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12687