Climate for Health Promotes Climate Solutions in the Health Industry

October 29, 2015 by Shanna Edberg

Screen Shot 2015-08-26 at 12.02.38 PMClimate for Health is a national initiative led by a diverse network of leaders from across the health sector representing key healthcare, public health, clinical and medical institutions and associations. Committed to advancing climate solutions to protect the health and well-being of Americans, their leaders offer support, inspiration, and resources to new leaders ready to make their own commitment and build support for climate solutions.

Climate Protection: Using renewable energy sources and maximizing energy efficiency reduces greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change **Health, Well-being, & Safety: **Mitigating climate change also cleans the air, reduces injuries from extreme weather, and limits the spread of disease Connection: Climate for Health connects health leaders to the public and provides leadership by example of climate solutions within the health industry

This post is part of a series on organizations and leaders who engage in ​multisolving, or climate-smart policies that simultaneously work to mitigate climate change while providing co-benefits such as the ones described above.