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C4PH: At the frontlines of protecting our health

Clinicians for Planetary Health

Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals have a unique capacity to understand and communicate about Planetary Health challenges and the strategies that individuals can take to safeguard their health and the health of the environment.

Photo by Eben Kassaye on Unsplash

C4PH is a global effort to galvanize health professionals, patients, and communities around Planetary Health through lifestyle modifications and activism.

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Who we are:

  • Clinicians are people providing healthcare for individuals and communities. This includes physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives, dietitians, healers, health workers, and others.
  • Over 1,000 clinicians from around the world have formally signed on to the Clinicians for Planetary Health initiative, expressing their commitment to addressing global environmental change and its health impacts. 
  • More than 30 organizations co-signed the global call to action released in The Lancet on Earth Day 2019, which called on health communities around the world to take action on Planetary Health.

Read The Call To Action

 

Through communicating the urgency of planetary health challenges via a global clinical network, we can spur individual-level behaviour change and bottom-up environmental action.

A call for clinicians to act on planetary health
The Lancet. 2021.

Clinician Organizations

See the 30+ organizations that co-signed The Lancet call to action
C4PH partner organizations

To join C4PH as a partner organization, please contact us.

Resources for Clinicians

Glas (“Green”) Toolkit

Featuring sustainable practice-based actions and activities that minimize the environmental impact of clinical interventions and improve efficiencies of the business of running a practice, the toolkit presents a range of solutions for clinical practice.

BMJ Practice Pointer

In “How to communicate about climate change with patients,” J Kotcher et al. (April 2024) identify five touchpoints for integrating climate-relevant counseling into clinical settings.

Communicating Climate Change & Health

This toolkit from the World Health Organization aims to help health professionals effectively communicate about climate change and health.

Climate & Health Patient Resources

The Medical Consortium on Climate and Health has released posters, waiting room brochures, and fact sheets to help health professionals further their education and educate patients on how Planetary Health affects them.

Stay Informed on Planetary Health

Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest Planetary Health publications, news, artwork, events, and job opportunities.

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Local bodies, global goals: ASHA, ANM, and AWW as agents of Planetary Health in India’s tribal regions

Roy, S.M.

How do female frontline health workers in Telangana’s tribal regions adapt state nutrition programs to local ecological and cultural contexts? This abstract reveals their role as cultural mediators who integrate Indigenous food practices and foster community engagement, while underscoring the systemic and gendered challenges they face in advancing Planetary Health goals.
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