The California Medical Association (CMA) hosted a panel discussion on the climate health crisis last month during the association’s annual House of Delegates meeting in Los Angeles. The event—“Understanding the Climate Health Crisis and How California Physicians Can Make an Impact”—which was also streamed live via Zoom, is now available for on demand viewing.
Co-sponsored by Climate Health Now and the California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy (CFEE), this discussion explores the health impacts of climate change in California and the opportunities for California's physicians to advance policy-level climate solutions with enormous public health co-benefits.
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