The Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity is a resource to strengthen and inform your voice as a trusted health professional on climate change, health and equity. The Guide explores the complex and multifaceted connections between climate change and health, disproportionate burdens and the impacts on health equity, and opportunities for solutions. It is not designed to be read and absorbed all at once, because it is filled with a lot of detailed information and data. Rather, it is meant to be a resource that you can use to prepare for media interviews, visits with legislators or policymakers, news media articles, or presentations such as Grand Rounds, conferences, community talks and more.
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- Partner Welcome
- Introduction: How to use this guide
- Physician Action Guide: What physicians can do
- Climate Change 101: Climate science basics
- Climate Change and Health Equity
- Physician Surveys on Climate Change and Health
Climate Change, Health, and Health Inequities
- Extreme Heat, Climate Change and Health
- Drought, Climate Change and Health
- Wildfires, Climate Change and Health
- Rainfall & Storms, Climate Change and Health
- Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Health
- Allergens, Climate Change and Health
- Air Quality, Climate Change and Health
- Infectious Disease, Climate Change and Health
- Food Security, Climate Change and Health
- Mental Health and Climate Change
Special Topics Within Climate Change and Health
Climate Change as a Health Equity Opportunity: Co-Benefits of Climate Action
- Transportation, Climate Change and Health
- Energy, Climate Change and Health
- Food and Agriculture, Climate Change and Health
- Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure, Climate Change and Health
Patient Materials
Coming Soon
- Global Climate Change Inequities
- Intergenerational Climate Change Inequities
- Violence, Conflict and Climate Change
- Migration, Climate Change and Health
- Latino Americans and Climate Change
- African Americans and Climate Change
- Indigenous Populations and Climate Change
- Asian & Pacific Islander American and Climate Change
- Greening Your Health Practice and Systems
How others have used this guide
Media Advocacy
- Climate change is making us sick, San Diego Union Tribune
- Oakland rejects coal terminal, sets example on climate change, Sacramento Bee
- Climate change raises the stakes for affordable health care coverage, The Hill
- Unhealthy air, unhealthy lungs, unhealthy communities, India Post
- Climate change: dire effects on kidney health, Philippine News
- Hmong Report Television Interview with Dr. Peter Bretan
Policy Advocacy
- Legislative Testimony on Short Lived Climate Pollutants in California
- Physician Letter to Stop Coal Transport in Oakland, CA
- Assessment of the Health and Safety Implications of Coal Transport Through Oakland
Medical Society Resolutions
- Resolution on Climate Change and Health for the California Medical Association
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