Education

Webinars

Climate Change, Air Pollution and Human Health. A collaboration with The Conservation Voters of South Carolina and the SC Health Professionals for Climate Action’s. Watch the recording here.

Advocacy

Voting Resources from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

Suggested Readings

Heat Illness Brochure
Heat Infographic
The Imperative for Climate Action to Protect Health

Andy Haines, M.D., and Kristie Ebi, M.P.H., Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Lancet Health and Climate Change Reports
State + Local Decarbonization Policies for the South

Mark Paul, PhD and Leah Stokes, PhD. Southern Economic Advancement Project. June 2020.

Global Climate Change and Children’s Health

Council on Environmental Health. Pediatrics 2015.

Climate Crisis and Health

 The New England Journal of Medicine.

Suggested Websites

NASA Global Climate Change
 
  • Doctor comes from the Latin word “docere,” which means “to teach.” There is no greater need for understanding than of the serious health threats that rapid climate change pose to our way of life. Due to the “just right” environmental conditions in South Carolina, there is some of the best biodiversity in the world creating many “Beautiful Places.” That this balance is at risk clearly is observed in the recent towering spike in the graph of carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 800,000 years, which is caused by the burning of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution. It is at the highest level by far in the entirety of human history and it is rising exponentially. Being conservative increasingly will require conservation to preserve our sporting traditions and safeguard our people. Poor air and water quality along with rising sea levels and more frequent severe weather events adversely affect everyone. For people already struggling with the social determinants of health, the injustice is stark.
    Doctor comes from the Latin word “docere,” which means “to teach.” There is no greater need for understanding than of the serious health threats that rapid climate change pose to our way of life. Due to the “just right” environmental conditions in South Carolina, there is some of the best biodiversity in the world creating many “Beautiful Places.” That this balance is at risk clearly is observed in the recent towering spike in the graph of carbon dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past 800,000 years, which is caused by the burning of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution. It is at the highest level by far in the entirety of human history and it is rising exponentially. Being conservative increasingly will require conservation to preserve our sporting traditions and safeguard our people. Poor air and water quality along with rising sea levels and more frequent severe weather events adversely affect everyone. For people already struggling with the social determinants of health, the injustice is stark.
Check out Dr. Hayley Guilkey’s blogpost about the formation of SC Health Professionals for Climate Action and the importance of hope in a changing climate at Climate for Health!
Check out Health Voices for Climate Action! Stories from health professionals across the country taking care of patients impacted by climate change.

 

 

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