Climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in numerous ways. The CDC covers health topics from air pollution to mental health to wildfires, and specifically examines regional US differences. The website also includes a dynamic slide that can be downloaded and included in any presentation.

Health Care Without Harm is a nonprofit organization that works to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. Abundant resources include this Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization.

To facilitate the medical community’s awareness-raising efforts, the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health brings together associations representing over 700,000 clinical practitioners to carry messages on the harms of climate change, the need to move to more efficient and cleaner energy sources, and the resulting beneficial impacts on health.

In October 2020, the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching carbon net zero, in response to the profound and growing threat to health posed by climate change. The “Delivering a Net Zero Health Service” report sets out a clear ambition and two evidence-based targets.

Recognizing the critical need to address climate change through health sector leadership, the National Academy of Medicine launched the Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, a public-private partnership of leaders from across the health system committed to addressing the sector’s environmental impact while strengthening its sustainability and resilience.

Today, the mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income, and those who are uninsured.