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Registration Now Open for the Consortium Annual Meeting!
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Join us online for our 4th Annual Meeting!
Keynote Speaker:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse “Opportunity for Climate and Health in the 117th Congress”
Also Featuring:
- Secretary Kathleen Theoharides of Massachusetts, Transportation & Climate Initiative
- Professor Kathleen Kling on agriculture & water in the Mississippi Watershed
- James Skeet of the Navajo Nation on regenerative agriculture
- Medical Students for a Sustainable Future on progress in medical education
- Updates from state Clinicians for Climate Action groups
Additional speakers will be announced soon!
Fri May 21: Keynote & evening workshops (vegetarian cooking, electric cars, greener medical practices).
Sat/Sun May 22 & 23: Morning CME, Afternoon Policy Panels and Breakouts.
Mon May 24: Evening (7-9 PM ET) required preparation for May 25 Congress visits.
Tue May 25: Virtual visits with Congressional representatives (scheduled between 10 AM and 5 PM).
REGISTER TODAY! Visit our website>
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Consortium Announces
Climate and Health Equity Fellowship Recipients
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On February 25, 2021 the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, in cooperation with National Medical Association, launched the Climate and Health Equity Fellowship (CHEF) program. This new fellowship opportunity will help generate a network of experts on climate, health and equity in four southeastern states as part of a strategy to advance a clean energy future in a region that is vulnerable to climate crises and has experienced systemic racial and climate injustice. READ MORE>
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We Welcome the Academic Pediatric Association!
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As the 33rd member of the Consortium with Steering Committee representative Dr. Elizabeth Fleischman of Children’s Hospital of Kansas City, MO.
Read more about their work>
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Dr. Amanda Millstein and Dr. Ashley McClure recently helped found Climate Health Now, an advocacy group for California medical professionals. After experiencing worsening wildfires and seeing the impacts to their patients, they took action... READ MORE>
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Nominate a Champion!
If you know a climate and health advocate whose activities are notable, please email a Champion Nomination to: info@medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org
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Health and medical organizations and individual health professionals:
Join the Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate in calling on the Biden Harris Administration to halt the expansion of the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline.
Read their report about the health impacts of continued construction.
View petition and sign now>
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Pursuing Solutions to Climate Change
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House Energy and Commerce leaders unveil sweeping climate change legislation
March 3, 2021 | Anthony Adragna | POLITICO
The 981-page bill calls for a federal clean energy standard that sets an interim goal of 80 percent clean electricity by 2030 and 100 percent by 2035.... READ MORE>
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Juneau Climate Change Solutionists: Protecting Forests through Indigenous land management with Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson
March 4, 2021 | Anjuli Grantham | Juneau Empire
A new partnership between Alaskan tribes and the U.S. Forest Service embraces Indigenous forest management practices with the intention of creating healthy forests and health communities... READ MORE>
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A Guide to the Biden Administration’s All-of-Government Approach to Environmental Justice
March 4, 2021 | Renee Cho | State of the Planet
Historically, environmental justice issues were siloed in separate agencies. The Biden Administration plans to employ an “all-of-government” approach to ensure that environmental justice is a consideration in decision-making across the federal government... READ MORE>
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Highland Electric Raises $235M, Lands Biggest Electric School Bus Contract in the US
February 25, 2021 | Jeff St. John | Greentech Media
Maryland county taps startup’s all-inclusive EV fleet leasing model to break upfront cost barriers to electrification.... READ MORE>
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Climate Injustice, Differential Impacts, and Advocacy Initiative
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Who pays the price for climate change
March 6, 2021 | Melanne Verveer & Jessica Smith | CNN
It has been well documented that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by climate change. But they are also one of the best and most underutilized forces to combat the climate crisis... READ MORE>
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Cascading Effects - Will race and income inequalities trip up Cascadia's fight against climate change?
March 6, 2021 | Iris M. Crawford | Grist
Fires, floods, and pollution are exposing disparities in Washington and Oregon. Activists say politicians and others are paying more attention to these issues of equity. But there’s still a long way to go... READ MORE>
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Mapping Project Explores Links Between Historic Redlining And Future Climate Vulnerability
March 6, 2021 | Barbara Moran | WBUR
Redlining may also be making people more vulnerable to climate change – specifically, to extreme heat and flooding. An environmental justice nonprofit called Groundwork USA started to research this theory in detail... READ MORE>
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Health Impacts of Climate Change will Worsen
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How More Americans Are Becoming ‘Refugees' Because of Climate Change
March 9, 2021 | Anoushah Rasta | NBC
Nobody wants to leave home or abandon their community, but experts say that may happen to millions of people and soon if steps aren't taken to curb climate change... READ MORE>
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Between anger and sadness: How the climate crisis has become a mental health crisis
March 14, 2021 | Erin Stone | AZ Central
Climate anxiety is increasingly being seen as a public health issue, especially for young people and children. Surveys have found that 47% of Americans aged 18 to 34 feel that stress related to climate change impacts their daily lives... READ MORE>
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Continuing climate change fight, Virginia lawmakers commit to clean car standards
February 19, 2021 | Sarah Vogelsong | Virginia Mercury
Virginia Democrats pushed through a measure to adopt California regulations that set stringent vehicle emissions standards and electric car sales targets.... READ MORE>
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South Carolina names first Chief Resilience Officer
March 9, 2021 | Associated Press
Ben Duncan, who currently directs the state’s Disaster Recovery Office, will marshal the state’s efforts in stemming floodwaters and coordinating recovery and relief work... READ MORE>
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We are excited to release our 2020 Annual Report!
Thank you to our team, member societies, affiliates, advocates, state groups and supporters for everything we have acheived together in 2020. We look forward to working together in 2021 toward a better, healthier future for everyone.
View Report>
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 Book Recommendations:
For Women's History Month, Here Are the Newest Books by Women Fighting the Climate Crisis
Yale Climate Connections’s March bookshelf presents a selection of new and recent titles on how women are changing the politics and prospects for action on climate change.
VIEW RECOMMENDATIONS>
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 New Report:
Climate Activism: A Six Americas Analysis
Our colleagues here at the Center for Climate Change Communication and partners at Yale Program on Climate Change Communication released this new report on how Americans that are concerned about climate change are taking action.
The health voice is critical in helping to motivate concerned Americans to take action.
READ FACTSHEET>
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Register for ecoAmerica's American Climate Leadership Summit!
Coming out of a year of multiple crises and a decisive election, 2021 is our moment to forge a path forward to a stable climate starting with ambitious American leadership on solutions.
The American Climate Leadership Summit (ACLS 2021), celebrating its 10th year, will bring game-changing future-shaping ideas and a diversity of leaders together to ensure climate change is a local, regional and national priority. Building upon ecoAmerica’s MomentUs initiative that makes climate change a primary election and post–election priority, ACLS 2021 will inspire public support for bold climate policy, grounded in a multi-sector organizational and individual sign-on commitment to climate action. You’ll hear from climate champions and leaders in their fields, including Abigail Dillen (Earthjustice), Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD (National Institute of Mental Health), Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN (National League for Nursing), Jamie Margolin (Zero Hour), Gina McCarthy (White House), Rev. Mariama White-Hammond (New Roots AME Church), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and many more! REGISTER>
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Great Lakes Climate and Health: Facing Crisis & Creating Solutions Together Webinar Series
This webinar series will explore the health challenges of the climate crisis and collaborative solution building. Each month will feature a different topic to bring health professionals up to speed on the subject matter and provide ways to get involved:
Tuesday February 23, 6PM CT | 7PM EST
Cutting Across The Great Lakes: Health Threats of Pipelines
Tuesday March 23, 6PM CT | 7PM EST
Farm Without Harm: Agricultural Climate Impacts & Solutions
Tuesday April 27, 6PM CT | 7PM EST
Sustainable and Resilient Healthcare in the MidWest
Tuesday May 25, 6PM CT | 7PM EST
Social Determinants of Health and Environmental Justice
REGISTER>
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Spring & Summer Webinar Series
Understanding the Climate Crisis as a Public Health Crisis
Join Florida Clinicians for Climate Action for three webinars to learn how climate change exacerbates health hazards and to increase your awareness of root causes and prevention. Each month will feature a different topic to bring health professionals up to speed on the subject matter and provide ways to get involved:
Wednesday, May 19, 6:30 PM EST
Amoebas (PAM), Vibrio, and Climate
Wednesday June 23, 6:30 PM EST
Killer Heat and Climate
Wednesday, July 21 6:30 PM EST
Mosquitoes and Climate
REGISTER>
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Air Pollution & COVID-19 Webinar
Wednesday March 31, 4:00 - 5:00 PM ET 
Join this joint webinar with Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Physicians for Social Responsibility to hear from the authors of the new reports:
Air pollution and Covid-19: A dangerous combination, and
Nurses on the Frontlines: Unmasking the influence of air pollution, health disparities, and oil and gas development on Covid-19
REGISTER>
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Live Conversation with Former CMS Administrator Berwick
 April 06, 2021 | 4:00 PM ET
Join Donald Berwick and Gary Cohen in this leadership exchange on what the health care sector should look like in a time of societal and global crisis.
This conversation will explore bold solutions being amplified through Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth’s network and opportunities for the health care sector to transform to meet 21st century challenges.
REGISTER>
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Climate Change and Human Health Webinar Series
Join this 8-week training series! Increase your knowledge about climate change and health. Incorporate climate change conversation into your daily practice.
 Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:15 AM MT | 12:00 - 1:15 PM ET
February 17 – April 7, 2021
This free program hosted on Zoom is open to all healthcare providers, public health professionals, first responders and community health workers.
No-cost CMEs and a certificate of completion are provided. Participants can attend any and all sessions. If a participant attends 6 or more sessions, they are eligible to receive a certificate.
See the flyer for further information.
REGISTER>
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Employment Opportunities
Climate and Health Professorship
Applicants are invited for a new faculty position on climate change and health. The new faculty member will engage in a combination of research, education, and community collaboration activities. Physician faculty may also devote up to 25% of their time on patient care.
The position is based at the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) at MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The successful candidate will be invited to join one or more of the following PHRI Centers: The Center for Reducing Health Disparities; The Center for Health Care Research and Policy; and The Center for Clinical Informatics, Research, and Education.
FIND OUT MORE>
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Congratulations to our Advocates
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Samantha Ahdoot, Howard Frumkin, & Edward Maibach for this article in World Medical and Health Policy: Health Professionals and the Climate Crisis: Trusted Voices, Essential Roles (3/3/21)
Drs. Perry Sheffield (NY), Aparna Bole (OH), Rebecca Philipsborn (GA) are speaking at the Great Lakes Climate Crisis Conference series. Register here>
Dr. Becca Philipsborn spoke on “Top Docs” show of the Georgia Medical Society. Watch Video> (3/10/21)
Dr. Pragya Rai for this op-ed in The Spokesman: Protect Our Future (3/9/21). Dr. Rai also testified in the WA legislature on behalf of Washington Pediatricians for Climate Action. (2/26/21)
Dr. Andrew Lewandowski presented to the staff of Senator Tammy Baldwin (3/5/21), gave public testimony to the Eagle Point Solar Docket (WI) (2/23/21), spoke to an ACLU Town Hall on Climate Justice, Environmental Justice, and Incarceration (1/27/21), and was interviewed in the Wisconsin News Connection by the Public News Service (1/25/21)
Dr. Regina de Leon Gomez for this op-ed in Chicago Health Online: For the Sake of Our Pregnant Mothers, Illinois Needs to Act on Climate Change (3/3/21)
Raj Fadadu and Barbara Erny for this article in the Journal of Climate Change and Health: The Necessity and Implementation of Climate Change Education for Medical Students and Physicians. (3/2021)
Robert Byron, Neha Patak, Homan Wai for this article in the SGIM Forum: Sign of the Times Part 1, General Internists as Climate Health Advocates (3/21)
Dr. Neelu Tummala for this op-ed in USA Today: If your allergies are more severe, more expensive and last longer, blame climate change (3/2/2021)
Dr. Becca Philipsborn held the Southeast Conversations on the Lancet Countdown featuring Dr. Renee Salas, Surili Patel, and Stacy Abrams (2/26/21)
Dr. Gary Belkin for this op-ed in Psychiatric News: Psychiatry’s Climate Reckoning: Time Is Now (2/20/21)
More Pediatricians in Action:
Dr. Karina Maher spoke at a press conference on behalf of California’s Climate Health Now about a bill to ban fracking in CA. (2/17/21)
Dr. Catherine Karr of the northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit in WA had a Climate Anxiety and Grief Workshop.
Drs. Ruth Etzel and Jeffrey Goldhagen launched RESPONDING TO THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHILDREN, a multiyear initiative of the International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health. (2/2021)
Dr. Deandra Clark presented on Climate Change and Health presentation to the Anderson County Medical Society in South Carolina. (2/21/21)
Drs. Katie Erno and Sheela Makhne facilitated establishment of a Task Force on Climate Change in the Colorado Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Gredia Huerto-Montanez created a Spanish climate change and health fact sheet, taught climate and health to the medical students, and succeeded in helping the Puerto Rico Health Department discuss climate change.
Dr. Lori Byron is testifying for the American Academy of Pediatrics on energy bills; presented to Montana Tech’s environmental health classes, to UCONN Pediatric Residents, to the American Medical Student Association; and gave a webinar on the Montana Climate and Human Health Report.
Drs. Gabriel Chain and Frances B. Pelliccia published Nuclear Power: Past, Present, Future in New Jersey Pediatrics. (Summer 2020)
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