Tune in to our new podcast as host Dr. Lisa Patel interviews leaders tackling climate change’s impact on health. In our inaugural episode, Dr. Ed Maibach shares his journey into climate advocacy and explores the power of effective communication and trusted messengers.
Health professionals and organizations have a vital role to play in protecting communities from the impacts of extreme heat and are encouraged to share their support for the swift finalization and implementation of OSHA’s heat standard.
Individual health professionals: Submit a comment through December 30th using this action alert.
Health organizations: Join us in signing on to this letter to OSHA asking it to finalize and implement a strong version of its heat standard swiftly.
Election Day is just five days away. November 5th is the last day to cast your ballot and make sure the health voice is heard. Use our suite of resources — now featuring buttons/stickers, posters, and flyers available in English and Spanish — to get ready to vote and empower your patients and colleagues to do the same!
There's also still time to join a Vot-ER phonebank! These calls will help drive voter turnout and make an impact in local, state, and national elections. Sign up for a session here.
The latest Lancet Countdown report reveals the health threats of climate change have reached record-breaking levels. While people in every country face unprecedented health threats from the changing climate, continued investment in fossil fuels and lagging funding for action to protect health persist. Urgently redirecting resources from the fossil fuel-based economy towards a zero-emissions, healthy future will deliver rapid health and economic benefits.
On March 1-4, 2025, our organizations are coming together to host the largest event on planetary health/climate and health to date in Washington, DC. By joining forces, we can catalyze faster action to create a sustainable, healthier, and more just world.
Stay tuned for more details and registration here.
Climate Health Equity Day 2025: Our Patients, Our Planet, Our Future
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future will host its annual conference on Saturday, March 1, 2025, in collaboration with the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. This event will give health students an opportunity to build community, connect with leaders, present research, and engage in impactful discussions around climate and health.
MS4SF also invites you to submit an abstract by Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The goal is to highlight student projects that focus on research and exploring the humanities. Submit an abstract here.
Call for Submissions: Images Highlighting the Health Implications of Climate Change
For “Earth Month” (April 2025), the New England Journal of Medicine Images in Clinical Medicine section will feature images sharing the clinical health impacts of the climate crisis. We invite image submissions that capture the clinical manifestations of climate change. Examples might include – but are not limited to — radiographic images of the effects of smoke inhalation from wildfire exposure, images related to climate-sensitive vector- or water-borne diseases, or images showing the pathophysiologic effects of extreme heat exposure.
