Climate Change and Health: Overview/Why us?

Learn more about the Advocate Health - Midwest Get Climate Smart - Actions for Health Professionals CE series.

January 11, 2023 session

Atwoli, L. Baqui, A.H., Benfield, T., et al. (2021). Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health. New England Journal of Medicine, 385, 1134-1137. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2113200

Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education. (2023). Climate clinic podcast. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/global-consortium-climate-and-health-education/climate-clinic-podcast 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2022) Environmental Justice Index. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/eji/index.html

Extreme weather. (2022, December 28). New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/climate/storm-buffalo-climate-change.html 

Full list of authors and signatories to climate emergency editorial September 2021. (2021).https://www.bmj.com/content/full-list-authors-and-signatories-climate-emergency-editorial-september-2021

Hersher, R. (2022, November 23). Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don't most forecasts mention it? National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2022/11/23/1136809782/climate-change-is-making-the-weather-more-severe-why-dont-most-forecasts-mention

Mailoux, N., Abel, D., Holloway, T., and Patz, J. (2022). Nationwide and regional PM2.5-related air quality health benefits from the removal of energy-related emissions in the United States. GeoHealth, 6(5). https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GH000603 

Patz, J.A., Lois, A.N., Clifford, S., Brossard, D., Maibach, E. (2020). Medical alert! Climate change is harming our health in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://ghi.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/2020/10/Medical-Alert-Climate-Change-is-Harming-Our-Health-in-Wisconsin.pdf 

Salas, R. (2021). Environmental racism and climate change – missed diagnoses. New England Journal of Medicine, 385:967-969. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2109160 

Salas, R. (2020). Perspective: The climate crisis and clinical practice. New England Journal of Medicine, 382:589-591. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2000331

Sommer, L. (2021, September 27). Climate change is the greatest threat to public health, top medical journals warn. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034670549/climate-change-is-the-greatest-threat-to-public-health-top-medical-journals-warn