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Ambassadors Training

Learn alongside health professionals to speak and act
confidently on climate change and solutions

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Climate Talking Points

Protect Clean Air, Protect Our Health
In collaboration with the American Lung Association

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Our Children, Our Future

Why American Academy of Pediatrics is Leading on Climate Change

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Addressing Climate Change Impacts

New Video from the National Environmental Health Association and Climate for Health

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Resources and Guides

Let’s Talk Health and Climate

Discover research-tested, values-based messaging that’s proven to resonate with health professionals, along with tips on how to engage productively and effectively with patients and peers regarding climate and health.

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Climate Talking Points

Bimonthly climate talking points designed to help you have meaningful and effective conversations about climate. All of this guidance is grounded in ecoAmerica’s extensive research.

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Mental Health and Our Changing Climate

This guide chronicles the impacts of climate change on Americans’ health and psychological well-being, including increases in stress and anxiety, loss of community identity, heightened aggression and violence, and many others.

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15 Steps to Create Effective Climate Communications

Drawn from the latest research and real-life experience, this guide outlines a specific, easy-to-follow process for crafting and delivering successful climate change messages.

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Latest Blog Posts

October 07, 2019

Every Child Has the Right to Thrive in a Healthy Environment

We love our children. And that comes with certain responsibilities. Providing them with clean air, clean water, and healthy sustainable communities wi...

October 01, 2019

Responding to Climate Change Means Investing in School Health: #ChildrenAtTheCenter

While there are several sources of carbon emissions that contribute to global temperature rise, the buildings sector accounts for 39% of annual US car...

August 16, 2019

New Resource from PSR- Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency

In a new white paper, Physicians for Social Responsibility Board Member, Dr. Alan Lockwood, has drawn on the content of the three major climate report...