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APRIL 29, 2025

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Highlights

Clearing the Smoke on Fossil Fuels — The Health Imperative for a Countermarketing Campaign

NEJM | Linda Rudolph and Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni

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Healthy Climate America: Nature, Disease, and a Changing Planet

MSCCH | Neil Vora

Latest News

The Chevron Richmond Refinery in this view from Point Richmond, California.

The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

April 23, 2025 | AP News | Seth Borenstein

Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High

April 23, 2025 | Inside Climate News | Keerti Gopal

Our Green-Energy Future Hangs in the Balance

April 18, 2025 | MedPage Today | Anita Lowe Taylor

State News

Rising high-heat days endanger New Mexico's workers

April 26, 2025 | Santa Fe New Mexican | Whitney Holland and Shelley Mann-Lev

Healthy air is health care – especially for Georgia’s students

April 23, 2025 | The Telegraph | Keisha Reneé Callins

In central Wisconsin, smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the view of Wausau, Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

More than 70 partners in Wisconsin form coalition on Earth Day to promote climate action

April 22, 2025 | WPR | Danielle Kaeding

April CHEF Connection

Check out “CHEF Connection”, a monthly newsletter for detailed highlights of events, op-eds, presentations, interviews, white papers, and more from current fellows, alumni, and staff. See what accomplishments and efforts are being made in the space to advance to a more healthy and equitable future for all. Read it here.

Research & Reports

State of the Air 2025

American Lung Association

 

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Climatic Change

 

Climate Change and Human Health — A Research Agenda for Action

NEJM

 

Impact of Environmental Determinants of Health on Access to Surgical Care

The American Surgeon

Events & Opportunities

You can find more events and opportunities on our website.

Join us on for an interactive webinar featuring a hands-on policy simulation using En-ROADS—a climate model co-developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan. In this 90-minute interactive workshop, participants will dive into the impact of various climate strategies and learn how these solutions can mitigate the health impacts of climate change, such as extreme heat and pathogen exposure, air pollution, nutrient loss, among others. Register here. 

Sustainable Healthcare Leadership Institute

Led by the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health's Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) and Clinically Sustainable Consulting, this year-long intensive program addresses the urgent need to reduce the healthcare sector's environmental footprint while also advancing quality improvement, cost savings, social accountability, and organizational mission. Apply here by July 1, 2025 to join the inaugural cohort.

Diploma in Climate Medicine

The Diploma in Climate Medicine from the University of Colorado School of Medicine is a five-part continuing education program designed to equip healthcare providers to lead in climate and health policy, environmental justice, health system decarbonization, workforce training, and research dissemination. Participants can complete individual certificates or earn the full diploma. Learn more and register here.

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