Health care climate leadership in the news
Press conference (Herman Van Rompuy/Flickr)
The significant impacts of climate change and air pollution on human health and the commitments to address them through ambitious climate action by leading health care systems appeared in national news and other media throughout the Global Climate Action Summit:
- Kaiser Permanente’s announcement of a major renewable energy buy – enough to power 27 of their 39 hospitals – was featured in multiple outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle.
- Huffington Post covered the 178 health care institutions that have committed to the Health Care Climate Challenge.
- Green Biz highlighted health care commitments to 100 percent renewable electricity, the Cool Food Pledge, and the launch of the new California Health Care Climate Alliance.
- Lloyd Dean, Dignity Health president and CEO and Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change contributed op-eds advocating for urgent climate action to protect health in Health Affairs and the Washington Post.
- Invited contributions by Gary Cohen, Health Care Without Harm founder, and Dr. Jeff Thompson, Gundersen Health System CEO emeritus, were featured on the Global Climate Action Summit’s webpage.
