⏰Still time to make your voice heard!
Health insurers are listening.
Tell them what policies you need to deliver climate-smart care.
20-min survey for all health professionals, closes Dec 11.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/insuranced...
#ClimateSmartCare #HealthProfessionals
Health Care Without Harm is proud to collaborate on this work, proving that food is medicine – for patients, communities, and the planet.
Learn more about our approach and read the full case study through the link. www.thecommonmarket.org/assets/uploa...
When hospitals commit to values-based food sourcing, they can provide producers with reliable markets and forward planning security and create supply chains that align with their healing mission.
"Food system work is collaborative work. You can't do it in isolation."
This insight drives the ACRE Collective's approach to building climate-smart, resilient food systems – and healthcare institutions are essential partners.
Health pros: Have you taken the Health Insurers Working Group survey? Your frontline experience can help shape policies that protect patients from climate threats & reduce healthcare's environmental impacts. www.surveymonkey.com/r/insuranced... #ClimateSmartCare #HealthProfessionals
Your insights will inform Health Care Without Harm’s Health Insurers Working Group's strategic agenda.
🕐 20-minute survey
🙌 All health professionals welcome
🗓️ Closes Dec 11
Share your frontline experience today
www.surveymonkey.com/r/insuranced...
#ClimateSmartCare #HealthProfessionals
📣 Health professionals: Health insurers covering about 45% of Americans want your input!
Share what insurance policies would help you protect patients from extreme weather & reduce healthcare's environmental impact.
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/insuranced...
With the right tools, partnerships, and commitment, the health sector can lead us toward a thriving, sustainable future – grounded in health and equity. 💚
Health Care Without Harm & @practicegreenhealth.org nhealth & Global Green and Healthy Hospitals are ready to help make it happen.
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As Picon Manyari notes in the article, health systems must balance adaptation and mitigation. "We need to make sure that we don't lose sight" of reducing emissions as an essential component of building resilience.
Adaptation and emissions reduction must go hand in hand. ♻️
🧭 The path forward:
Major health systems are proving that growth doesn’t have to mean a bigger climate footprint.
From NHS England & Scotland's ambitious net-zero targets to our CARES Pledge, systems aren’t just tracking progress – they’re driving transformation.
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
🌍 The opportunity is unprecedented:
960 U.S. hospitals have pledged to cut emissions 50% by 2030 — joining a global alliance across 100+ countries building climate-resilient, sustainable health systems.
As guardians of community health, hospitals can lead the shift to a low-carbon, resilient economy. 🏥🌍
Our International Climate Sr. Director, Diana Picon Manyari, shares how health systems worldwide are meeting the climate crisis head-on — in @bmj.com 👇
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read Julie’s full piece in The Invading Sea:
🔗 www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/31/h...
Resilient, affordable, reliable power is the foundation of safe health care.
And that means investing in:
⚙️ Efficiency
☀️ On-site generation
🔋 Microgrids
Because when hospitals stay powered, communities stay protected.
When the lights stay on – hope does, too. 💡
They’re facing hurricanes, rising energy costs, and aging infrastructure – all while trying to keep 23 million Floridians safe.
But this isn’t just Florida’s story.
Hospitals everywhere are stretched thin by fragile grids and growing energy demand.
#ClimateChange #PublicHealth
When the grid fails, hospitals don’t just go dark.
Ventilators stop.
Cooling systems fail.
Meds spoil.
Operating rooms fall silent.
As Julie Moyle, RN, MSN from @practicegreenhealth.org writes in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social hospitals in Florida are on the front lines of climate and power crises. 🌪️🏥
"Energy security is health security."
Reliable power isn’t just about keeping the lights on – it’s about keeping patients safe. ⚡💙
🔗 www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/31/h...
#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare
Registration is OPEN for #CleanMed2026 🌿
Where health care sustainability leaders connect, collaborate & catalyze change.
Join the movement → tinyurl.com/whuk7v4c
#HealthcareSustainability #ClimateHealth
📢 Health care leaders: There’s still time to help shape a climate-smart, resilient, and equitable health sector.
🗓️ The CleanMed 2026 Call for Proposals deadline is extended to Oct 24!
👉 Submit here: cleanmed.org/call-for-pro...
#ClimateHealth #HealthEquity #SustainableHealthCare
This report is essential reading for policymakers, health leaders, and advocates. Find out where your state stands and what action is needed. Read the full report today:
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Sustainability
From Healthcare Brew: Dr. @lisapatel.bsky.social of @docsforclimate.bsky.social says health systems must leverage their voice in clean energy policy decisions—"it both affects their operations and it affects the health of their populations."
Read more: www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...
As our Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy, Tim Cronin, notes: "This important research underscores how policy choices drive the difference... Some states are well ahead because they’ve connected climate, health, and policy; others are struggling precisely because those efforts remain siloed."
📉 Falling behind: West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana.
These states face more frequent hazards but lack supportive policies for resilience and emissions reduction.
The cost of inaction compounds daily—in lives, health, and dollars.
Policy choices matter– a lot.
🥇 Leaders: Vermont, New York, Washington.
These states connected climate + health + policy through clean energy adoption and resilience planning.
The result? Better protection for communities and healthcare infrastructure.
The paradox: The sector dedicated to saving lives is also a major polluter. The U.S. health care sector generates a whopping 8.5% of the nation's total GHG emissions.
If we’re going to "do no harm," we have to cut this footprint.
#HealthEquity
The risk is nationwide. It’s not just coastal cities.
🌊 Nearly 15% of hospital beds in Florida are in high-hazard flood zones. 🌨️ But inland states like South Dakota face high risk from severe winter weather.
Our healthcare infrastructure is increasingly fragile.
#ClimateCrisis
ICYMI: 🚨 Huge new State Scorecard dropped @ #ClimateWeekNYC! The @commonwealthfund.org & researchers Marino, Eckelman, and Sherman offer the first state-by-state look at climate vulnerability & the healthcare sector's own emissions.
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
Why you should care ⬇️
⏳ Last chance! #CleanMed2026 proposals close Oct 17.
Share solutions that:
✔️ Cut emissions & improve care
✔️ Build resilience
✔️ Advance equity
✔️ Inspire change
Shape #SustainableHealthcare.
📢 Submit now: cleanmed.org/call-for-pro...
Text saying "Is 2025 your year?" along with photos of 36+ chefs who were previous participants in the Health Care Culinary Contest. "Submit by Nov. 30" is written on the bottom of the image.
Our national Health Care Culinary Contest begins today! 🎉
Health care culinary professionals across the country are taking their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor, all powered by plants.🌿
Submit your plant-forward recipe by Nov. 30 ➡️ noharm.org/culinarycontest
Want to lead on climate & health?
🌱 Find out about the fellowship: us.noharm.org/initiatives/...
🤝 Join the Climate-Smart Collective: us.noharm.org/initiatives/...
#SustainableHealthcare #ClimateLeadership #PublicHealth
