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💻 Don’t miss this conversation at the intersection of climate, equity, and community. Watch now: youtu.be/3W17kq4oqEM

📚 Learn. Share. Take action.

#UCClimateHealth #ClimateJustice #EquityMatters #WildfireResponse

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(What you'll learn) What this webinar covers:

How wildfire trauma affects mental health
Financial & housing instability
Food insecurity post-disaster
Disproportionate impacts on low-income communities
Community-led recovery

#ClimateHealth #Resilience #WildfireRecovery

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🔥 Wildfires don’t just burn land — they disrupt lives. Financial stress, housing loss, food insecurity, and long-term mental health impacts hit hardest in already vulnerable communities.

📽️ Watch this important webinar: youtu.be/3W17kq4oqEM

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💥 We’re advancing research that reveals how systemic injustice fuels climate-related health risks — and turning that knowledge into action.

Solutions must come from the ground up — community-led and community-powered.

#EnvironmentalJustice #ECOHealth

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🔥 ECO-Health is training a new generation of researchers — diverse, equity-centered, and community-rooted.

We're not just studying the problems — we're shaping the solutions.
Join the movement. #ClimateAction #EquityInResearch

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🌎 Climate change impacts *all* of us — but not equally.
At the University of California, the new **ECO-Health Center** is rising to meet this challenge.

Together, we’re building solutions *with* communities, *for* communities.

#ClimateJustice #HealthEquity

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📊 Workshop Part II: Advanced Climate Epidemiology
📅 11/4, 9–11am (PT)

Level up with mediation analysis, ML approaches, & quasi-experimental methods for climate-health research.

👉 Register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🧪 Workshop Part I: Intro to Environmental Epidemiology
📅 10/28, 9–11am (PT)

Dive into causal inference, time series modeling & case-crossover design for climate + health.

👉 Register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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🌍🔥 Curious about climate + health research?

ECO-Health is launching applied workshops to boost your skills & impact. Open to early-career + seasoned researchers!

🌍 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, join @cchyale.bsky.social & The New York Academy of Medicine for our flagship event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC! 🌿

Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com

#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM

Introducing the 2025 Grist 50 list Climate solutions are more important now than ever. Read about 50 leaders shaping the future of climate progress.

The 2025 Grist 50 list is here! Meet 50 innovative climate leaders who are applying their strengths, creativity, and time to tackling the biggest problems our planet faces.

grist.org/fix/grist-50...

Supported by @nrdc.org

#Climate #Media #Art #Policy #Technology #Environment #Energy

Want help integrating climate change into your health professional curriculum? Join GCCHE’s Office Hours to Develop Climate & Health Curricula to share challenges, get personalized support, and grow your network.
Register: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The federal gov’t is demanding $1B from UCLA—a move that would devastate UC. It threatens health care, research, jobs, and access to education.

📣 Your voice matters. Stand up for UC:

www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

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"The biggest threat to human health ever seen is in front of us right now," says Dr. Weiser.

We must center climate change in medical education — and act boldly.

Learn how UCSF is leading the way.

📖 Read more ➡️ magazine.ucsf.edu/climate-cris...

#ClimateJustice #MedicalEducation

💥 UCSF students now learn how anesthetic gases, imaging, and even psychiatric meds link to climate risks.

And they're training faculty across ALL six UC health campuses to do the same.

This is how we prepare future doctors for a hotter, more volatile world.

climatehealth.ucsf.edu

🔥 The climate crisis isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health emergency.
At UCSF, Drs. Sheri Weiser and Arianne Teherani are showing how to lead change from the classroom to the clinic. #ClimateHealth #MedicalEducation

🔗 magazine.ucsf.edu/climate-cris... ➡️

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

A new study shows the immense health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, with communities of color bearing the brunt of harm. Given the administration's reckless deregulation and push for more oil and gas, these results should be a "flashing red warning light for the nation."

Childhood Heat Risk is Rising | Climate Central Because of climate change, younger people today are experiencing far more extreme heat during childhood than previous generations did.

🌡️ Because of climate change, children are experiencing more and more extremely hot days, putting their health, well-being, and development at risk. Learn more in this new resource from @climatecentral.org. #ClimateMatters

Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked

⬇️ An incredibly powerful read from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social on the politics of heat.

"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. Ultimately, it is symptomatic of the larger injustice of the climate crisis..."

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Emotion, healing & the nervous system Dr. Philippe Goldin (UC Davis) dives into how we can regulate emotion and build neural resilience after climate disasters.

Watch the full event ➡️ youtu.be/-ri8bmBcKvs?... #NeuroHealing #ClimateAction

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Fire brain, trauma & healing Dr. Jyoti Mishra (UCSD) explores climate trauma, resilience education, and practices to protect mental health in a warming world.

#ClimateTrauma #Resilience

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Climate disasters & children’s brains Dr. Burcin Ikiz (EcoNeuro) shares how disasters affect kids' neurological development — and how to raise awareness.

#ClimateForKids #NeuroAwareness

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🔥 Wildfires & the Brain Dr. Joan Casey (UW) breaks down how wildfire smoke exposure affects cognitive health — and who's most at risk.

#WildfireSmoke #BrainHealth

Opening & closing remarks by Dr. Arianne Teherani (UCSF), co-founder of the UC Center for Climate Health and Equity.

Moderated by Dr. Tarik Benmarhnia (UCSD), expert in climate epidemiology. #ClimateResilience #PublicHealth

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🔥 Climate & Brain Health Webinar Series/

Join us for a powerful discussion on how climate disasters like wildfires impact the brain and cognitive function — and what we can do about it. 🎥

youtu.be/-ri8bmBcKvs?... #ClimateHealth #NeuroScience #UCSF

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The review calls for bold action:

✅ Cut plastic production
✅ Use safer materials
✅ Transition to clean energy
✅ Phase out toxic petrochemicals in farming

🔗 publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/r...

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The U.S. is the world’s largest oil and gas producer, and a key driver of fossil fuel harms. The review says it’s time to phase out fossil fuel extraction & use.

🔗 publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/r...

(@davidjxgonzalez.bsky.social ECO-HEALTH)

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A new peer-reviewed article in Oxford Open Climate Change lays it all out: Fossil fuels are not just warming the planet—they’re making us sick and damaging ecosystems.

🔗 publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/r...

Top scientists issue urgent warning on fossil fuels The scientists warn that fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry are driving interlinked crises that threaten people, wildlife, and a livable future.

🚨 Scientists just released a major warning: Fossil fuels are fueling a web of crises—climate change, public health harm, species extinction, & pollution.

🔗 publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/r...

(@davidjxgonzalez.bsky.social ECO-HEALTH)

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When Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in 2021, it damaged clinics, cut power, and displaced people—making it hard for folks with HIV to stay in care. But one collaborative effort made a big difference.

🧵 #HIVCare #HurricaneIda