Advocacy Resources
AMA Guide to Physician Advocacy - AMA developed resource for physicians detailing specific ways to interact with members of Congress via phone calls, social media, letters, visits, etc.
Resources for writing Op-Eds and LTEs with Issue-Specific Advocacy Resources - Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health guidance on how to write and format Letters to the Editor and Opinion-Editorials; includes sample letters and current action alerts as well as detailed information on specific issues (such as clean energy, electricity & efficiency, transportation and infrastructure, etc) to use for advocacy
Arizona Health Professionals For Climate Action Advocacy Guide - contains guides for action from a patient and workplace level into the community, links are provided to additional advocacy resources
Professional Organizations Working In Climate Change and Health
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health - an organization made up of major medical and other health professional societies and other leading health organizations who believe that climate change is a health emergency that must be addressed through climate- and health-smart policies; contains educational and advocacy resources as well as the opportunity to join and become an advocate for climate and health
Health Care Without Harm - an organization seeking to transform health care by reducing the environmental footprint, leading in environmental health and justice, and being a model of sustainability in communities; website contains information about related issues, tools and case study examples
Practice Greenhealth - an organization made up of hospitals/healthcare systems, health care providers, industry, and non-profit groups working to provide sustainable solutions to benefit patients, employees, communities, financial security, and the environment; website contains tools, information and resources for providing sustainable solutions in a community
Physicians for Social Responsibility - organization working to mobilize physicians and other health professionals to advocate for climate solutions and a nuclear weapons-free world; website contains educational information about the issues, resources for advocacy and ways to be involved in local chapters
Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action - States - Arizona coalition of health professionals working to educate, empower, and engage health professionals, the public, and policy makers on climate action; website contains advocacy resources, local news, and ways to be involved
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future - an organization dedicated to uniting medical students invested in the health of our planet and patients and providing them with tools to make a difference at their institutions and in their communities through advocacy, curriculum reform, research, and climate-smart health car