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Sign-On Letter: Integrating Climate and Planetary Health Into ACGME Program Requirements

In light of the rapidly evolving health impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, we are respectfully urging the ACGME to explicitly incorporate climate and planetary health into the Common Program Requirements and into specialty-specific Program Requirements, thereby ensuring that all residents are prepared to care for patients in a changing environmental context. Read the full letter here. Please fill out the form below to sign on by May 15.

Sign the Letter: Make Polluters Pay

The fossil fuel industry is lobbying Congress for total legal immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold Big Oil and Gas companies accountable for fueling the climate crisis and polluting our communities. Join health professionals across the country in urging our elected officials to protect our right to hold Big Oil accountable.

Sign the Commitment for Fossil-Free Health Communications

The Break the Fossil Influence campaign is calling on health organizations to lead by example: Stop working with PR and ad agencies that also work for the fossil fuel industry.

This is about aligning our communications with our core mission: to protect life and promote health.

Signing the Fossil-Free Health Communications commitment means your organisation is:

• Expressing a clear intent to avoid future partnerships with agencies that work with fossil fuel companies.
• Committing to ask new vendors about their fossil fuel ties in future procurement and RFP processes.
• Taking a step – however gradual – toward integrity and climate accountability in communications.

Health Sector CARES (Climate Action, Resilience, and Equity Solutions) Pledge

The Health Sector CARES Pledge is a voluntary commitment for health sector organizations to plan for climate resilience and reduce their environmental impact. Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) — an organization that has been helping health systems reduce waste, improve sustainability, and build resilient facilities and communities since 1996 — leads the pledge. By signing, organizations gain access to resources and tools from HCWH as well as peer-to-peer learning opportunities with other organizations that have committed to creating a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable health sector. Signatories are working to advance the health of their patients, staff, and neighbors, while also demonstrating leadership and reinforcing health care’s vital role as a pillar of community well-being.