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There’s no time to waste.

We’re mobilizing health voices for climate action.

Your voice can spark climate action. Join us to create a just, sustainable, and healthy world for generations to come.

Sign up now and learn how you can become a force for climate and health in your community.

Our Mission

We make climate change about health.

Our mission is to make health and equity central to how we think, talk, and act on climate change. We mobilize and empower health professionals to make it happen.

25 state network groups

25 Climate & Health State Network groups mobilizing across the country

56 MEDICAL SOCIETIES

56 (and counting!) medical societies joining the Consortium

30 FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI

30 advocates trained through our Climate & Health Equity Fellowship

325 MEDIA MENTIONS

MSCCH has been talked about in the media at large 325 times!

784 VISITS TO LAWMAKERS

784 visits to lawmakers to provide education on climate and health

7,300 COMMUNICATIONS

7,300 communications with lawmakers

The Problem & Opportunity

Climate change harms our health. Climate solutions make us healthier.

Climate change already causes more illnesses and deaths from heat waves, extreme weather events, wildfires, and increased air pollution, especially in low-income communities and communities of color. Climate action will rapidly deliver health benefits and create a stable climate future.

What We Do

We are growing our numbers, diversity, and power. We recognize our collective voice must represent the unique insights and life experiences of every community.

We make sure the health voice is heard when and where it matters. We advocate federally and support our State Network’s advocacy in states and local communities.

From air pollution regulations to building and transportation electrification to an improved food economy, we advocate for proposed climate policies that advance health and equity.

Our Community

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  American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  Members

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  American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Members

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  American Society of Nephrology
  Members

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  American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
  Members

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  American College of Radiology (ACR)
  Members

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  Medical Students for a Sustainable Future
  Members

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  National Hispanic Medical Association
  Members

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  The American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
  Members

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  Nevada State Medical Association
  Members

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  College of Urgent Care Medicine
  Members

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  Johnson & Johnson
  Supporters

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  Energy Foundation
  Supporters

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  George Mason University
  Supporters

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  Northlight Foundation
  Supporters

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  The Kresge Foundation
  Supporters

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  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Supporters

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  Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
  Affiliates

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  Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
  Affiliates

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  Radiologists for a Sustainable Future
  Affiliates

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  Texas Clinicians for Climate and Health
  Affiliates

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  Mississippi Health Professionals for Climate and Health Equity
  Affiliates

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  Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
  Affiliates

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  Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)
  Affiliates

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  Oncologists United for Climate and Health
  Affiliates

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  International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  Affiliates

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  American Public Health Association
  Affiliates

Members In Action

August 2024 Champion of the Month: Elizabeth Cerceo

An associate professor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey, Dr. Cerceo educates the next generation of medical professionals and pushes for systemic changes to address health care’s contribution to the climate crisis.

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Our State Network

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  Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action continues to advance our core mission of mobilizing …

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  Florida Clinicians for Climate Action (FCCA) is busy connecting health and climate solutions. FCCA …

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  A comprehensive guide to building a Clinicians for Climate Action group in your state. This toolkit …

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  A quick introductory 3-page guide to building a Clinicians for Climate Action group in your state. …

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  Create and download a graphic forecasting daily wind or solar electricity generation, customized …