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Building Momentum for Climate Solutions How Health Professionals can Lead August 9, 2018 #ClimateChangesHealth #GCAS2018 Agenda 1. The Global Climate Action Summit Sarah Spengeman, PhD, Associate Director, U.S. Climate and Health 2. Why

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Building Momentum for Climate Solutions

How Health Professionals can Lead

August 9, 2018 #ClimateChangesHealth #GCAS2018

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Agenda

  • 1. The Global Climate Action Summit

Sarah Spengeman, PhD, Associate Director, U.S. Climate and Health

  • 2. Why Climate Action NOW

Gary Cohen, President and Cofounder, Health Care Without Harm

  • 3. The Health Care Climate Challenge

Lauren Koch, MA, MENR, Associate Director, U.S. Climate and Health

  • 4. How Physicians can Lead

Amy Collins, MD, Senior Clinical Advisor for Physician Engagement, Health Care Without Harm

  • 5. How Nurses can Lead

Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN-BC, PHN, clinical assistant professor at University of Minnesota School of Nursing

  • 6. Simple Advocacy Actions for Health Professionals

Sarah Spengeman, PhD, Associate Director, U.S. Climate and Health

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1996 32,000

Health Care Without Harm works to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and becomes a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. Our reach includes 32,000 hospitals and health centers in 52 countries worldwide.

Health Without Harm

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#ClimateChangesHealth #GCAS2018

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globalclimateandhealthforum.org #ClimateChangesHealth #GCAS2018

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Gary Cohen President and Cofounder Health Care Without Harm Practice Greenhealth

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The Health Care Climate Challenge

Lauren Koch, MA, MENR Associate Director, Climate and Health @LaurenKoch22

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Climate-Smart Health Care

Mitigation – Reduce health care’s own carbon footprint. Resilience – Prepare for the impacts

  • f extreme weather and the shifting

burden of disease. Leadership – Educate staff and the public about climate and health and promote policies to protect public health from climate change.

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Hospital climate action is urgent

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Take your commitment to the next level!

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Health professionals play a critical role

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noharm.org/healthcareclimatechallenge

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Ready to sign up?

noharm.org/healthcareclimatechallenge

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Questions: Lauren Koch lkoch@hcwh.org

noharm.org/healthcareclimatechallenge @LaurenKoch22

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Climate Change and Health: The Role of Physicians

Amy Collins M.D. Senior Clinical Advisor for Physician Engagement @DrAmy_Collins

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Why should physicians CARE about climate change?

"Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century…the impacts will be felt all around the world — and not just in some distant future but in

  • ur lifetimes and those of
  • ur children.”

The Lancet, 2009

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Why should physicians ADVOCATE for climate-smart health care and climate solutions?

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First, Do No Harm

  • Patient health
  • Employee health
  • Public health
  • Environmental health
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“The mission of the Consortium is to organize, empower and amplify the voice of America’s doctors to convey how climate change is harming our health and how climate solutions will improve it.”

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Are physicians

  • bliged to lead

sustainability efforts in health care

  • rganizations?
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“Physicians and health

  • rganizations have
  • bligations to use their

influence, expertise, and resources to protect health, which includes promoting sustainability”

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Physician Advocacy

  • Health sector
  • Public Policy
  • Media
  • Research
  • Education
  • Clinical Practice
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Clinical Champions

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Research

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Education

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Media

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Physicians, climate and public policy

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State Clinician Climate Action Groups

https://states.ms2ch.org

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Social Media

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Three actions you can take TODAY

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Join the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network

  • A network of physicians

interested in promoting climate- smart health care through mitigation, resilience and leadership

  • To lead and support physician

action to reduce the environmental impact of health care delivery

noharm.org/physiciannetwork

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Use our NEW factsheet to educate your colleagues

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Join Hospital Green Team or State Clinician Advocacy Group

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Questions: Amy Collins acollins@hcwh.org

noharm.org/physiciannetwork @DrAmy_Collins

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Nurses Climate Challenge

Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN-BC, PHN Project Coordinator, Nurses Climate Challenge @ShandaDemorest

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“Climate change is a nursing issue.”

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“Nursing is the most honest and ethical profession.”

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“Yet nurses don’t seem to be engaged.”

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The nation’s first campaign to engage 5,000 health professionals around climate change and health

A collaboration between Health Care Without Harm & Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

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  • Educate 5,000 health professionals
  • n climate change and health
  • Build a cohort of informed and

more-engaged health professionals in care settings

  • Launch a movement of health

professionals committed to climate solutions at home and in care settings

Goals of the Nurses Climate Challenge

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202 Nurse Climate Champions! 5 continents! 517 health professionals educated!

As of this month!

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It’s EASY! www.nursesclimatechallenge.org

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The Toolkit

  • 1. How-to/timeline
  • 2. Leadership buy-in letter
  • 3. Advertising posters
  • 4. Tips for talking about climate change
  • 5. PPT presentations: Short (8 slides) &

long (13 slides)

  • 6. How health professionals can take

action at work & home

  • 7. Optional feedback survey
  • 8. Climate Changes Health waiting room

posters

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Robbi Hagelberg | Chief Nursing Officer of Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater, MN) Motivated by vector borne disease and air quality, and water quality Educated 80 practicing health professionals & leaders

Nurse Climate Champion Stories

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www.nursesclimatechallenge.org #nursesclimatechallenge

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Questions: Shanda Demorest nursesclimatechallenge@hcwh.org

www.nursesclimatechallenge.org @ShandaDemorest

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Advocacy Tips for Health Professionals

Sarah Spengeman, PhD Associate Director, Climate and Health

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Twitter

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Letter to the Editor

Start with a “hook” to a recent newsworthy event like GCAS. Establish your credibility as a health professional. Talk about LOCAL impacts. Include a specific call to action and emphasize that a solution is possible.

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Show up!

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Show up!

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noharm.org/climatemomentum

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Questions: Sarah Spengeman, PhD sspengeman@hcwh.org

noharm.org/climatemomentum @HCWithoutHarm