Practicing physicians! Learn how #ClimateChange impacts:

*health & health conditions
*diagnoses & treatment plans
*the healthcare delivery system itself

—and how you can make change.

May 2-3 Harvard Medical School CME course w/ Caleb Dresser MD MPH & Dr. Gaurab Basu: ow.ly/AkZK50QQwEP

How do weather disasters impact human health? NPR explores the aftermath featuring Renee N Salas, MD, MPH and Dr. Latoya Storr from the Harvard C-CHANGE team. It's more than just cleanup—it's a health crisis.

Full article: ow.ly/oHPG50QK4gL

Climate Change, Planetary Health, and Medicine discusses the impact of climate change, air pollution, and ecological degradation on health outcomes. Dr. Gaurab Basu @Caleb_Dresser Harvard C-CHANGE buff.ly/42AlGYj

.Caleb Dresser MD MPH Harvard C-CHANGE presenting the joint Americares Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health #climatehealth2024 americares.org/what-we-do/com…

Health care workers play a key role in addressing climate change. In this new Milbank Quarterly Perspective, Caleb Dresser MD MPH and colleagues discuss policies to address institutional barriers to climate change such as engaging these workers: buff.ly/3SH9amN
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Applications for the Salata Institute Fellows Program for academic year '24 - '25 are now open. The program accepts exceptional academics and practitioners working on climate change and sustainability.

Applications close February 26.

Read more: bit.ly/3MPFhNH

This week! 🌎

An article in the Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly by Caleb Dresser MD MPH et al from Harvard C-CHANGE!

Also, an editorial in The BMJ about a recent report from the UK Health Security Agency.

As always, shares/feedback are very welcome and appreciated!

Give it a read here: sites.google.com/view/climatean…

Healthcare systems must reduce GHGs & prepare for #climate impacts by

* Engaging all roles & professions
* Reframing incentives to align w/climate goals
* Learning from large-scale transformations e.g. HIPPA & EHRs

New from Caleb Dresser MD MPH in Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly ow.ly/axc050Qskqx

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Call for papers on #climate change and wilderness medicine - share your work on what changing heat, storms, wildfires, ecosystems and more mean for medicine in the outdoors.
🔷Journal: Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
🔷 Due: March 1

wms.org/WMS/WMS/Resear…

A new scoping review by Ssebyala et al. demonstrates the feasibility of using machine learning methods to predict the risk of adverse health outcomes from climate-responsive extreme weather events

journals.plos.org/climate/articl…

Join this event to hear our Education & Policy Director Dr. Gaurab Basu reflect on his time at COP28!

Excellent opportunity for health professionals from all disciplines to learn #climatehealth as it applies to clinical practice from some of the best! CHanGE The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
Climate & Health Foundation UW Population Health Initiative
cmecatalog.hms.harvard.edu/climate-change…

Healthcare professionals: Interested in learning how climate change impacts your clinical practice? Take this virtual course by Dr. Gaurab Basu & Caleb Dresser MD MPH on May 2-3 and earn CME credits: cmecatalog.hms.harvard.edu/climate-change…
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Global Climate and Health Alliance American Academy of Pediatrics Lisa Patel, MD, MESc

'Heatwaves are increasing in frequency and severity and must be planned for as a recurrent feature of urban life'

Portland State University Boston Med Center EM BIDMC Emergency Med Harvard C-CHANGE

#ClimateEmergency #Portland #heatwave

Read our analysis in DMPHSociety #DMPHP here:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37921221/

My thanks to all ministers at #COP28 who supported the Climate and Health declaration.

We must continue our efforts to make #ClimateAction centred on health.

Our lungs have been paying the price of carbon emissions for too long.

bit.ly/41kAvhi

The Harvard University Health Delegation COP28 UAE is bringing their perspectives as physicians and public health experts into conversations on climate & health.

Catharina Giudice, Maddy Kline, Dr. Gaurab Basu francesca dominici Caleb Dresser MD MPH Hugh Shirley Harvard UniversitySalata's side event.

At #COP28 in #Dubai 🇦🇪, new report revealed:

- 1 out of 12 hospitals in the 🌏 not climate-ready
- #Philippines 🇵🇭 number 7 among countries w/ most high-risk hospitals

Here’s my take: context.news/climate-risks/…

Full report here: xdi.systems/news/2023-xdi-…

#PlanetaryHealth

Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of #climate change. The status quo isn't working. [Thread: 1/n] nature.com/articles/d4158…