Climate Change and EM 09: Climate Change Policy

Course Credit: 6 hours

Curriculum: Module 9 of 10

Topic	Reading Material
Introduction	What are the 3 branches of government? USA.gov: Branches of the U.S. government Patients Action Network: How many physician members are currently serving in the 117th Congress? JAMA: Is there a doctor in the House? … Or the Senate? Physicians in US Congress, 1960-2004 JAMA: Physician-Legislators in federal and state government in 2022:
Core reading	What are 5 steps in the policy process according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? The CDC Policy Process ACEP EMRA Policy Handbook (Chapters 28-33) – Audio format is also available Public Health Reports: The importance of policy change for addressing public health problems American Journal of Medicine: Public policy and physician involvement: Removing barriers, enhancing impact Health Affairs: Adding a climate lens to health policy in the United States Journal of Climate Change and Health: Review of United States senators’ website position statements on climate change and health Lancet: Seven things organisations should be doing to combat racism World Medical & Health Policy: Strategies to counter disinformation for healthcare practitioners and policymakers Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change: 2022 policy brief for the United States of America How to write a brief: Family, Systems, and Health: How to write a policy brief International Development Research Center: How to write a policy brief A financial argument for better climate policy GeoHealth: Estimating the health-related costs of 10 climate-sensitive U.S. events during 2012 Natural Resources Defense Council: The costs of inaction: The economic burden of fossil fuels and climate change on health in the United States – Health costs of air pollution and climate change exceed $800 billion per year. National Centers for Environmental Information: Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters Organizations getting involved in the policy arena and doing lobbying: VotER ClimateRx The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health state chapters
Local/state	Trust for America’s Health: Climate Change & Health: Assessing State Preparedness American Lung Association’s State of the Air: Compare Your Air American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: City Clean Energy Scorecard
National (United States)	Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change: 2022 policy brief for the United States of America The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (National Chapter) Vote Smart: Government 101 and Positions of Members U.S. House of Representatives: Find your Representative Tracking the U.S. Congress Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Oil and gas companies invest in legislators that vote against the environment Congressional Research Service: Search CRS reports – Search “climate” and review resources available to legislative staff
International	World Health Organization: Climate Change The Lancet: Countdown on health and climate change United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction: Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030 United Nations Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Conference of the Parties (COP)United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals

Optional Reading

Impact of historical housing policies (redlining)	Climate: The effects of historical housing policies on resident exposure to intra-urban heat: A study of 108 US urban areas Environmental Health Perspectives: Redlines and greenspace: The relationship between historical redlining and 2010 greenspace across the United States Environmental Science & Technology Letters: Historical redlining is associated with present-day air pollution disparities in U.S. cities Redfin News: A racist past, a flooded future: Formerly redlined areas have $107 billion worth of homes facing high flood risk—25% more than non-redlined areas Nature: Historic redlining and the siting of oil and gas wells in the United States Journal of American College of Cardiology: Historical neighborhood redlining and contemporary cardiometabolic risk
Refresher on the U.S. health system and how it compares with other countries	Commonwealth Fund: International health care system profiles | United States
How does health spending in the U.S. compare with other countries? What does that mean for outcomes?	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Health spending

Climate Change and EM Team

• Lead Author: Caitlin Rublee, MD, MPH
• Secondary Authors: Catharina Giudice, MD; Katelyn Moretti, MD, MS; Kyle Martin, DO, MA, MPH; Andrew Musits, MD, MS
• Contributors: Joseph Leanza, MD; Christine Baek; Nikhil Ranadive, MD, MS
• ALiEMU Graphic Designer: Christopher Nash, MD
• ALiEMU Peer Reviewer: Michelle Lin, MD
• Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Curriculum design consultant: Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, MSCR with the ALiEM Education Research Lab and Incubator (ERLI)