Public Sector and Healthcare Essential to Climate Resilience
We can build a more climate-resilient nation with a well-trained and well-protected social infrastructure workforce. ...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
New Health Equity Bill Explicitly Recognizes Climate Change
Climate change amplifies the structural and institutional barriers that have long impeded equitable and effective healthcare for everyone. ...
Preparing U.S. Hospitals for COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis
Nature will neither politely wait for our healthcare system to deal with one disaster at a time nor just offer disasters we’ve seen before. ...
Health Officials (Mostly) Not Waiting to Act on Climate
Elected officials must ensure that public health agencies get the support they need to protect and prepare U.S. communities for climate disruption....
Cues from the Midwest Floods: Is Your Community Prepared?
As we think about the kind of future we want, we should be asking our elected officials this critical question: What are you doing to prepare for the present-da...
Health Solutions a Major Theme of National Adaptation Forum
The cascading health impacts of climate change—and how to address them—were woven through last week's National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin....