Sigma & ANHE Webinar Series: A Global Movement for Health - Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
2020-02-04 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Upcoming Sigma & ANHE Webinar Series: A Global Movement for Health – Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing for a 3-part webinar series on climate change and health starting February 4th, 2020. This series will feature nurse speakers from around the world as they share opportunities for nursing engagement and action to address the climate crisis.
Webinar One – Nursing in a Changing Climate: A Call to Action
Date/Time: February 4th 4-5 pm ET

Description: Changing climate patterns are occurring globally at unprecedented rates with significant impacts to health, such as heat-related illnesses, water and food insecurity, vector-borne illnesses, and respiratory disease. Additionally, with increased intensity of extreme weather disasters, such as hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and flooding, the impacts of climate change on public health are apparent. Those in the health sector are seeing the challenges facing populations as a result of current and projected climate threats, and health professionals around the world are calling for action to protect against climate risks. Action to reduce climate change can significantly improve health, with policies that move us towards global climate goals having demonstrable health benefits. On this webinar speakers will provide a brief overview of how climate change impacts human health globally, the strategies and solutions to address climate change, and how nurses and nursing organizations can lead in moving forward just and equitable climate solutions.

Speakers:

Moderated by: Liz Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma)
Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Professor in Public Health at the University of San Francisco
Fiona Armstrong, BN, GradDipJourn, MPPP, Founder and Executive Director of the Climate and Health Alliance
Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM, FAAN, Executive Director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Register here.
Webinar Two – Health Sector Solutions to Address Climate Change
Date/Time: February 18th 4-5 pm ET
Description: The health sector is a major contributor to climate change, with health care’s climate footprint equal to about 4.4% of global net greenhouse gas emissions. Hospitals, health care systems, health organizations, and public health departments can lead by example by implementing climate-smart health care solutions, reducing their carbon footprint, and building health sector and community resilience to the impacts of climate change. On this webinar speakers will provide an overview of how the health sector contributes to climate change and showcase initiatives being instituted by health systems and health organizations to reduce climate pollution. Speakers will additionally share how health infrastructure can be strengthened to build community resilience and improve preparedness and response to climate-related health risks.
Speakers:

Moderated by: Anabell Castro Thompson, MSN, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, Nurse Practitioner and Senior Vice President of Health Equity at Equality Health
Debbie Wilson, BSc (Hons), Sustainability Manger, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Kristine Qureshi, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEN, PHNA-BC, Associate Dean of Research and Global Health, PhD Program Director & Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jessica Mardid, BScN, MSc, President, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment

Register here.
Webinar Three – Exemplars of Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
Date/Time: March 3rd 4 – 5 pm ET

Description: Across the nursing professions, nurses are taking up the mantle to lead in addressing climate change. Nurses are in key positions to lead the profession and are key collaborators with other health professionals to address climate change. On this webinar, hear from nurse leaders as they share examples of how nurses can lead within their nursing practice to address climate change and how they are inspiring others to take action.

Speakers:

Moderated by: Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of Planetary Health, School of Nursing and Clinical Professor, Population Health and Systems Cooperative at the University of Minnesota
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Global & Public Health at Villanova University
Lisa M. Thompson RN, FNP-BC, MS, PhD, FAA, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Emory University
Doriam Camacho Rodríguez, RN, MBA, PhD, Dean Faculty of Nursing at the Cooperative University of Colombia

Register here.

Sigma & ANHE Webinar Series: A Global Movement for Health - Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
2020-02-18 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Sigma & ANHE Webinar Series: A Global Movement for Health – Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing for a 3-part webinar series on climate change and health starting February 4th, 2020. This series will feature nurse speakers from around the world as they share opportunities for nursing engagement and action to address the climate crisis.
Webinar Two – Health Sector Solutions to Address Climate Change
Date/Time: February 18th 4-5 pm ET
Description: The health sector is a major contributor to climate change, with health care’s climate footprint equal to about 4.4% of global net greenhouse gas emissions. Hospitals, health care systems, health organizations, and public health departments can lead by example by implementing climate-smart health care solutions, reducing their carbon footprint, and building health sector and community resilience to the impacts of climate change. On this webinar speakers will provide an overview of how the health sector contributes to climate change and showcase initiatives being instituted by health systems and health organizations to reduce climate pollution. Speakers will additionally share how health infrastructure can be strengthened to build community resilience and improve preparedness and response to climate-related health risks.
Speakers:

Moderated by: Anabell Castro Thompson, MSN, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, Nurse Practitioner and Senior Vice President of Health Equity at Equality Health
Debbie Wilson, BSc (Hons), Sustainability Manger, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Kristine Qureshi, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEN, PHNA-BC, Associate Dean of Research and Global Health, PhD Program Director & Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jessica Mardid, BScN, MSc, President, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment

Register here.

Sigma & ANHE Webinar Series: A Global Movement for Health - Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
2020-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing for a 3-part webinar series on climate change and health starting February 4th, 2020. This series will feature nurse speakers from around the world as they share opportunities for nursing engagement and action to address the climate crisis.

Webinar Three – Exemplars of Nursing Leadership on Climate Change
Date/Time: March 3rd 4 – 5 pm ET

Description: Across the nursing professions, nurses are taking up the mantle to lead in addressing climate change. Nurses are in key positions to lead the profession and are key collaborators with other health professionals to address climate change. On this webinar, hear from nurse leaders as they share examples of how nurses can lead within their nursing practice to address climate change and how they are inspiring others to take action.

Speakers:

Moderated by: Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of Planetary Health, School of Nursing and Clinical Professor, Population Health and Systems Cooperative at the University of Minnesota
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Global & Public Health at Villanova University
Lisa M. Thompson RN, FNP-BC, MS, PhD, FAA, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Emory University
Doriam Camacho Rodríguez, RN, MBA, PhD, Dean Faculty of Nursing at the Cooperative University of Colombia

Register here.

Creative Climate Advocacy Webinar
2020-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Health Care Without Harm is hosting an upcoming webinar titled Creative Climate Advocacy on 3/12, 12 EST. You can register at the following link: https://academy.practicegreenhealth.org/products/creative-climate-advocacy

Session Description

Health professionals have a vital role to play at this critical time by calling attention to the many ways climate change impacts health. In this webinar, you will hear from three clinicians about the innovative ways they are mobilizing health care colleagues, drawing attention to the health impacts of climate change, and redefining health professional climate advocacy in the era of the climate crisis.
Increasingly, health professionals are concerned about the climate crisis and are motivated to find ways to take effective action. As trusted messengers they have many opportunities to leverage their influence and expertise to advocate for climate policy solutions to protect health. However, given the urgency of the climate crisis, along with inadequate governmental action, health professionals are turning to nontraditional forms of advocacy, including civil disobedience, to demand immediate solutions to protect our future.

Learning Objectives

Webinar participants will learn about innovative ways health professionals are taking action, including:
• Demonstrating at Fire Drill Fridays
• Delivering inspirational “climate train talks”
• Forming nonviolent, clinician climate action groups with support from the Climate Disobedience Center

• Calling on their institutions to divest from fossil fuels

Climate Change Committee - Climate & Health Advocacy Training
2020-09-17 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Join the ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee for a Climate & Health Advocacy Training. In ANHE June 2020, the United States House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a blueprint to address the climate crisis entitled “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy and Just America.” The Climate Crisis Action Plan includes 12 key pillars, outlining policy recommendations and a roadmap for Congress to address the climate crisis by focusing on building a clean energy economy and advancing economic and environmental justice.
The ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee has developed a summary of how solutions outlined in the report will make people healthier if urgent and immediate climate action is taken. Join the committee on September 17th at 5-6 pm ET for a climate and health advocacy webinar training! On this webinar speakers will share an overview of the report, provide guidance on how nurses can schedule visits with their legislators, and discuss other opportunities to engage in climate and health advocacy.
Speakers:
Ruth Esa, ANHE Nurse Fellow Region 2
Tammy Davis, ANHE Nurse Fellow Region 4
Rachael De Souza, ANHE Nurse Fellow Region 10
This course is pending approval by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number 16546.
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Climate Change Committee Meeting - October 15 at 5pm ET
2020-10-15 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The ANHE Nurses Guide to What the Science Teaches Us about Common Solutions to Climate Change and Family Health Problems is ready and available for members to give to elected officials running locally for US House and Senate. These should be passed along in preparation for zoom meeting or phone call with your elected officials. Please fill out this google form to let us know how many appointments you will make (two if it’s just the House, four if you also have a US Senate race, more if you’d like to add more candidates for more offices) and we’ll mail you enough copies to distribute.
The Climate Change Committee will meet on October 15th at 5pm ET to discuss and prepare for meetings with local elected officials.
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CDC Climate and Health Program Webinar Series: Inaugural Webinar
2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
The Climate and Health Program at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) will host a series of climate and health webinars over the next several months. This webinar series was originally planned to be held as an in-person symposium in March 2020. The webinars will highlight the pressing need for greater scientific and civic engagement to protect public health from a changing climate.

You are invited to join the inaugural webinar to hear from eminent leaders on the importance of climate and health issues for their organizations, and how climate equity concerns are critical as we assess the health risks and solutions to make underserved communities more resilient to climate change.

The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern.

Register here.

The agenda for the webinar is below:

Climate Change Committee - November Call
2020-11-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The November 19th meeting will be a post-election strategic planning session for our subcommittee to determine priorities for end of 2020 and first half of 2021. We will also provide an update on the distribution of the AHNE Climate Guide.
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How Nurses can Take Climate Action: Presenting the Nurses Climate Challenge
2020-12-03 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
For the first time in its history, Europe’s leading conference on sustainable healthcare will be held online from 23 November – 4 December 2020. We are delighted to be able to bring you an exciting programme of free-to-attend sessions in an innovative format, allowing for virtual networking and collaboration. Register today for free!
CleanMed Europe is the only place where healthcare leaders come together from across Europe and beyond to share ideas, innovations, problems, and solutions for sustainability in European healthcare.
The theme for this year’s conference is leadership for sustainable healthcare; as the public health impacts of environmental issues such as climate change, single-use plastics, and pharmaceuticals in the environment become increasingly clearer the healthcare sector has the opportunity to play a leading role in responding to these challenges.
Event Details here.
Register here.

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - January 2021
2021-01-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The Climate Change Committee will meet on Thursday, January 21st at 5pm ET to talk about the committees goals, priorities, and objectives for 2021, including advocacy around the nurses guide and with the new adm, as well as how we can expand initiatives such as Nurses Drawdown and partnerships with additional nursing orgs.
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ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - May
2021-05-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The Climate Change Committee meets on the third Thursday of the month at 5pm ET/2pm PST on Zoom

ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - October 2021
2021-10-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee: October 21st at 5pm ET/2pm PST on Zoom.

Join us at COP26 for a talk on Nursing Leadership at the Intersection of Climate & Health
2021-11-11 06:15 - 07:30 (America/New_York)
Join us at COP26 for a talk on Nursing Leadership at the Intersection of Climate & Health

Join us for a special virtual event on November 11th @ 11:15 – 12:15 GMT+1 co-hosted by the International Council of Nurses and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments as part of the COP26 Health Programme. Making up the majority of the health workforce, nurses can make a powerful contribution to both mitigate climate change and to support people and communities around the world to adapt to its impacts. This webinar event will showcase nursing leadership and interdisciplinary cross-sector collaboration on climate change and health. Featuring a panel discussion with nurses around the world, speakers will share examples of nursing leadership in climate action, influencing and advocating for change at institutional, systems, and at a policy level.
REGISTER HERE
Welcome by: Howard Catton, BSc, Econ, MA, RCN, CEO of the International Council of Nurses and Katie Huffling, DNP, MS, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, Executive Direct of Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Speakers:

Beth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship, Providence St. Patrick Hospital, USA
Carmen Alvarez Nieto, PhD Department of Nursing, Universidad de Jaén, Spain
Erlinda Palaganas, PhD, RN, University of the Philippines, Philippines (invited)

Live Learning Webinars - Climate Change for Health
2021-11-15 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-11-18 01:00 - 02:30 (America/New_York)
Register here

ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - November 2021
2021-11-18 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee: November 18th at 5pm ET/2pm PST on Zoom.

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - January 2022
2022-01-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The Climate Change Committee views climate change impacts from a global lens and works to incorporate elements of practice, education, research, and policy/advocacy as it relates to solutions to address this health crisis. Our current work includes developing educational resources that can be utilized by all specialties of nursing, identifying avenues for advocacy at local, state, and federal levels, and working within nursing organizations to prioritize this issue.
This committee encourages participation on an international level, as global unification is vital to advancing action to reduce health threats posed by climate change.
Our committee calls are held on the third Thursday of every month at 5 -6 pm US Eastern time.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83867833384?pwd=[REDACTED]
Sign up for our Committee listserve so you can stay up to date with our activities: Sign up!

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - February 2022
2022-02-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - March 2022
2022-03-17 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

Sigma Pre-Conference Event: Creating Healthy Environments Through Climate Action: Nursing's Pivotal Role
2022-03-24 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Climate change is identified by the World Health Organization as one of the most urgent global health challenges for the next decade. Globally, we are witnessing and experiencing impacts on health, livelihoods, and communities as a result of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has also underscored the interconnectedness of human and environmental health and emphasized how existing inequities influence outcomes.
Nurses are becoming increasingly more interested in learning about climate change and its related health impacts, as well as their role in addressing this issue through their own actions and supporting equitable climate solutions in their professional associations/clinics/hospitals and with policymakers. As a prominent component of the health sector workforce, nurses can play a vital role in promoting understanding of climate change as a health issue, advancing practice to prevent and protect against health threats, and in advocating for health protective policies.
This comprehensive training, hosted in partnership with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments includes a mixture of information sharing and hands on practice to build knowledge, skill, and confidence following the format below:

Learn about the state of the science on climate change, climate impacts on health, and equity considerations across populations
Gain confidence in talking about climate change from a nursing perspective
Identify the scope of climate solutions available through exploration of case studies
Explore actionable opportunities to be a climate champion in your communities and practice settings
Meet allies and collaborators advocating for climate health

This course is pending approval by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP17198 for 3 contact hours.
READ MORE AND REGISTER HERE

American Climate Leadership Summit (ACLS 2022)
2022-03-28 - 2022-03-31
Big moves are being made on the quest toward just, effective climate solutions. However, only 6% of Americans are talking about climate change even though 78% of them are concerned. How will you contribute? Looking forward to March 28-31, 2022, now is the time to demonstrate ambitious American leadership for climate solutions.
We are a proud endorser of American Climate Leadership Summit (ACLS 2022), celebrating its 11th year, provides an opportunity where your climate leadership can inspire more Americans to climate action!
READ MORE AND REGISTER HERE

Climate Change & Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy
2022-04-09 08:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
The Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health at the MGH Institute of Health Professions is co-hosting our annual symposium this year with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health on April 9, 2022. The event is virtual and contact hours are available. This year’s symposium, entitled Climate Change and Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy, will feature Bill McKibben, founder and senior advisor Emeritus of 350.org as well as Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA) and Lauren Underwood (IL). Additionally, a call for abstracts is currently open and will close on 3/11.
READ MORE AND REGISTER HERE

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - April 2022
2022-04-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)

WEBINAR: Climate Crisis Threats to Pregnancy and Newborn Health
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
Overview
Environmental crises have a significant impact on reproductive and maternal health. Scientific research and the experiences of pregnant people, families and the health workers that serve them provide increasing evidence of the effects of wildfires, extreme heat, and other climate impacts, on pregnancy health. Epidemiologic studies link exposure to both extreme heat and wildfire smoke to increased risk of poor maternal health and adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight and stillbirth. Little is in place to try and manage these emerging threats.
Interventions are needed to prevent the climate crisis from deepening the unjust racial and other inequities that center the US’ maternal health crisis. Maternal and infant outcomes are worse in the United States than in other industrialized nations, with black and brown people being disproportionately affected. Including climate change in how we understand maternal and newborn health unearths multiple intersecting vulnerabilities driven by systemic racism and other marginalization. Attention to climate change and the effects of environmental crises on maternal and newborn health is essential to standing up equitable and just sexual and reproductive health policies and programs.
This webinar is designed to provide expert insights into how extreme heat and wildfire exposure affect maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. Presentations will provide key insights into the latest research on these emerging reproductive justice problems.
Nursing CE and CME credits will be available for this webinar.
Objectives:

Apply a reproductive justice framework to climate change
Review selected studies that increase our knowledge related to the impact of climate change on maternal-child health
Identify specific actions that can be implemented in practice to assess risk related to climate change.
Discuss policy strategies that can be used to mitigate the effect of climate change on maternal-child health.

REGISTER HERE: https://marchofdimes.org/EnvironmentalHealth
LaTricea Adams is the founder CEO and president of Black Millennials for Flint a national grassroots, environmental justice and civil rights organization with the purpose of bringing like-minded organizations together to collectively take action and advocate against the crisis of lead exposure specifically in African American & Latinx communities throughout the nation..
Tara Marko is a PhD candidate at Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing and has been awarded an NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award for her current dissertation research titled: Effects to Neonatal Outcomes After In Utero Wildfire Smoke Exposure.
Nate DeNicola is a board-certified Ob/Gyn at Johns Hopkins Health System in Washington, DC and Chair of Telehealth for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and leads their current work on innovation.

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - May 2022
2022-05-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

ANHE Arizona Town Hall
2022-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
“Nurses & The Earth”: A Climate Action Town Hall
Virtual Town Hall on Climate Change & Health
May 25th 9am local (12pm EST)
Join The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments for a virtual town hall discussing the health impacts of climate change with Representative Tom O’Halleran. Sign up below to submit questions and engage directly with state officials on the intersection of climate and health!
Town Hall Registration

Join the Party! Nurses at The Conference of Parties (COP27)
2022-10-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Register at: tinyurl.com/ANHECOP27Party

ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Call - November
2022-11-17 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
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