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JULY 25, 2024

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Announcements

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Application Open: 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellowship

Apply now through November 1, 2024

Applications for the 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellowship are now open! The program, launched in 2021 by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health and the National Medical Association, aims to empower physicians from underrepresented groups in medicine to become leaders in climate and health equity.

 

LEARN MORE & APPLY HERE

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Coming Soon: Become Part of the 2024-2025 Community Health Center Climate Action Incubator

Applications close August 30, 2024

 

Calling all community health centers! Is your organization interested in decarbonization and climate resilience measures? If so, apply to the 2024-2025 Community Health Center Climate Action Incubator, hosted by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and the National Association of Community Health Centers. This peer learning group, with 20 participants from community health centers across the country, will provide strategies, tools, and resources to advance sustainability efforts within your institutions.

 

LEARN MORE HERE

Latest News

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4.3 Billion in Grants for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across America

July 22, 2024 | EPA Press Officers

The setting sun illuminates the clouds over the Rocky Mountains after a third straight day of record-breaking heat Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Denver (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth

July 24, 2024 | AP News | Sibi Arasu AND Seth Borenstein

Advocate Voices

Congratulations to Dr. Augustin Rivas, a 2024 Climate & Health Equity Fellow for being named the new Education Committee Chair for Florida Clinicians for Climate Action (FCCA)!

 

Carol Lindsey for this article in Islander News: Expert advice on how to prevent heat-related illnesses (7/6/24)

 

Robert Feder quoted this article in Hey SoCal: ‘Composting’ our emotions: How climate action cultivates well-being (7/9/24)

 

Cheryl Holder quoted in this article in the Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Bay’s temperatures are rising. Can youth sports keep up? (7/12/24)

 

Caitlin Rublee interviewed for this University of Colorado College of Nursing article: How Climate Change Impacts Our Health (7/22/24)

 

Mark Mitchell for this op-ed in CT Insider: Can lawmakers save your town from rising temperatures? (7/20/24)

State News

Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin / AP

As temperatures rise in New Mexico, a new extreme heat summit highlights public health challenges

July 12, 2024 | KUNM | Bryce Dix

Denver office spaces on 18th Street, Dec. 6, 2023, in downtown. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

EPA grants $328 million for Colorado programs designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions

July 23, 2024 | The Colorado Sun | Mark Jaffe

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health is the official journal of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. It is a worldwide scientific peer-reviewed gold open-access medical journal that seeks to publish high-quality scientific works related to acute and chronic climate-related disasters, migration, changing patterns of disease, and the impacts of climate change on individuals and health systems.

View the most recent Articles & Issues and sign up to receive an update when new issues are published.

Events & Opportunities

Health Advocacy Tour: Bridging Communities for Environmental Justice
August 2-3, 2024 | Port Arthur, Texas

 

On August 2-3, 2024, Texas PSR, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and the Port Arthur Community Action Network are hosting a Health Professional Environmental Justice Tour and Training in Port Arthur, Texas. This trip will focus on the health implications of the petrochemical industry, with an emphasis on the impacts in Port Arthur's fence-line communities.

 

SIGN UP HERE

Become a Climate & Health Equity Advocate: Action Skills Training
August 6 & August 20, 2024 | Virtual | 3:00 PM ET // 12:00 PM PT

 

Upcoming session: 2.0 Rules of the Road for Engaging With Policymakers

Federal, state and local policies shape the lives of our patients, hospital systems and our own lives. Understanding how to engage with the leaders behind these policies can help create a better world. You’ll learn how to best do so to create meaningful impact and change during this session.

 

REGISTER HERE

Op-Ed Office Hours

August 27 - September 12, 2024

 

Hosted as part of our 2024 climate communications training series, these meetings will allow you to meet with the experts at Burness to help you focus in on your key messages and audience, workshop a powerful hook, or discuss where and how to pitch your piece. Space is limited.

 

REGISTER HERE

Application Open: Climate Health Organizing Fellows Program

Suggested Letter of Intent Deadline: August 9, 2024
Application Deadline: September 20, 2024

 

The CHA Center for Health Equity Education & Advocacy (CHEEA) invites you to apply for the Climate Health Organizing Fellows Program, a tuition-free, online program for health professionals and community leaders focused on creating climate solutions through community organizing.

 

LEARN MORE & APPLY HERE

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, 4400 University Drive, MS 6A8, Fairfax, Virginia 22030

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