Climate Change and EM 10: Climate Change Advocacy

Course Credit: 6 hours

Curriculum: Module 10 of 10

Topic	Reading Material
Introduction to health advocacy	Medical Teacher: Health advocacy
Effectively talking about climate change	TED Talk: 3 strategies for effectively talking about climate change TED Talk: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it
Challenges of communicating science to the public	This is an in an era of “infodemics… an overabundance of information that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Misinformation about science in the public sphere
Greatest health opportunity of our time	Public Health Reviews: Solving the global climate crisis: the greatest health opportunity of our times?
Tools of help with effective science and climate communication	Jackson School of Geosciences Writing Lab: Baron – How to deliver a clear message – A guide to making your science matter Physics Today: Communicating the science of climate change EcoAmerica: 15 steps to create effective climate communications Climate Nexus: Climate communication tool Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2021 Global Warming’s Six Americas George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication: Helping organizations improve public engagement EcoAmerica: Let’s talk climate and health: Communication guidance for health professionals
Opinion pieces are a powerful way to reach your audience	The OpEd Project: Op-ed writing: Tips and tricks Duke Communicator Toolkit: Writing effective Op-eds Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health: Engage with the Media
Climate data: exploring visual ways to communicate science	CDC Climate & Health Program: Heat and health tracker National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Our World in Data Environmental Protection Agency: EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool Climate Action Tracker World Resources Institute: Our approach to tackling the world’s greatest challenges | Count it, change it, scale it
Climate and health advocacy organizations	BMJ: Climate crisis: Over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle “catastrophic harm” –  An example in the research literature demonstrating 200+ journals joining to call on world leaders to address climate change as a health emergency World Economic Forum: This is what air pollution is doing to teenagers’ lungs, according to a chest surgeon Climate Justice Pavilion 2022: Very first Climate Justice Pavilion in the Blue Zone at COP27 (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, WE ACT for Environmental Justice) The Global Climate & Health Alliance

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)