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ACP updates climate change toolkit

The Climate Change and Health Action Plan includes an updated overview, as well as a PowerPoint presentation for chapter meetings, grand rounds, and other educational opportunities and regional talking points for discussing how climate change impacts health in each region of the U.S.


ACP has updated its Climate Change and Health Action Plan, a toolkit developed to help members take initiative in addressing climate change.

The Action Plan includes an updated overview, “How to Use the Climate Change Action Plan,” as well as a PowerPoint presentation for chapter meetings, grand rounds, and other educational opportunities; regional talking points for discussing how climate change impacts health in each region of the U.S.; resources on how to improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, and lower greenhouse gas emissions in physician practices and health care facilities; Patient FACTS; and additional tools.

To learn more about how climate change affects health, see ACP's position paper from Annals of Internal Medicine, “Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians.”