Events & Opportunities

Life Cycle Assessment Boot Camp

August 25-26 & October 6-7, 2025 | Online

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool used to quantify the environmental emissions of a product or process. It is used to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions from medical devices and procedures to aid in strategically decarbonizing health care. LCA literacy and competency is crucial in developing the evidence base to guide solutions in reducing the healthcare industry’s carbon footprint and is essential for anyone considering a career in sustainability, as LCA can be a valuable tool in managing the performance of a health organization.

The Life Cycle Assessment Boot Camp is a four-day intensive, hands-on course where an individual and/or team will learn the concepts of life cycle assessment (LCA) and analytic methods required to complete their own LCA with their team. Learn more and register. 

Mass General Brigham Office of Continuing Professional Development's Pathways to Net Zero

November 5, 2025 | 12:00PM-5:00PM EST

This course is designed to foster a more sustainable healthcare system by educating and empowering those in key positions to make impactful changes, as well as those that are curious or committed to becoming more versed in these issues. This course aims to equip clinicians, administrators, and healthcare staff with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to improve their operations and work towards net zero emissions. By providing education on the environmental impact of healthcare and practical strategies for mitigation, the course empowers participants to implement sustainable practices in their healthcare work environment and through their respective roles. 

Registration is live, with an early bird discount through 7/31/25 as well as a trainee discount. Continuing education credits available.

National Academy of Medicine's The "How" of Systems Transformation: Strategies and Levers for Health-Centered Climate Action

• Part 1 - Framing the Levers for Systems Transformation | July 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 8:30 PM CEST
  • Introduces a shared model of systems change and explores how structural levers, metrics, and cultural shifts can drive health-centered climate action.
• Part 2 - Financing the Shift | August 5, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 6:30 PM CEST 
  • Examines how to revalue climate-health solutions within economic systems and mobilize capital to fund them at scale.
• Part 3 - Enabling Action Through Governance & Policy | August 6, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | 3:00 – 6:30 PM CEST
  • Investigates governance structures and legal-policy tools that can institutionalize and sustain transformative climate-health strategies across levels and sectors.

To learn more about Part 1, visit the event page here.
To learn more about Parts 2 and 3, visit the event page here.

Register Here.

Hurricanes & Health: Understanding Risks and Fostering Resilience
August 4, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET | Online

Register Here.

This half-day virtual event will feature speakers, lightning talks, networking, and more. Speakers to be announced.  

Are you or your team conducting research on hurricanes and their health impact? Let CAFE RCC know and sign up for a lightning talk.

Learning Collaborative Integrating Climate Change into Public Health Curricula 

July 8 | SESSION RECORDING

Learning Collaborative webinars provide opportunities for members to share and learn about strategies, challenges, and success stories for integrating climate and health education into health professions curricula. 

Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action | October 1 - December 3, 2024

As the most trusted health professional voices, the nursing community holds significant influence to protect patients. The goal of this course is to equip nurses globally with the knowledge and tools needed to prepare for local and global health-related impacts of a changing climate.

Africa Climate and Health Responders Course | September 17 - October 22, 2024

This course will equip African health professionals with the skills to identify, communicate, respond to, and prepare for climate-related health impacts. Consists of eleven, live-virtual 90-minute learning sessions targeted towards health professionals from all backgrounds.

Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals: A How-To Series| Monthly Sessions

Monthly webinar series will focus on equipping health professionals with hands-on techniques, leadership strategies and teaching tools for promoting climate action in different settings. Sessions will include topics such as climate action in the community, writing policy briefs, effective climate communication strategies to patients and the media, and data sharing and analysis to support climate action and many more.

Climate Change & Public Health Curriculum - Member Learning Collaborative | March 21, 2024 

Learning Collaborative webinars provide opportunities for members to share and learn about strategies, challenges, and success stories for integrating climate and health education into health professions curricula. The GCCHE will host presentations from University of Pennsylvania (Public Health) and the Colby Sawyer College (Social Work).

Climate Forces on the Health and Well-being of Children on the Move in LAC/Fuerzas climaticas sobre la salud y el bienestar de los niños en movimiento en ALC | 5 de marzo de 2024

Climate change is an emerging yet understudied force on the health and well-being of international migrant children and adolescents. Over the past decade, we have seen a steady rise in the numbers of children traveling, especially unaccompanied or traveling with adults they do not know.  Social and health risks and vulnerabilities among migrant children have been recognised globally, yet the relevance of climate change as a direct and indirect driver of health outcomes is less understood. Local evidence from LAC can contribute to current global discussions around the health and protection of children on the move.

The Role of Public Health Schools in a Climate Changing World | Feb 21, 2024

Climate change poses significant health risks. Public Health professionals play a vital role, and training institutions must prepare future professionals to address climate-related health challenges effectively. Participate in this discussion where leading voices from the field will explore proactive measures public health schools can take to incorporate climate and planetary health into their curricula to ensure this generation of health professionals is equipped to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate-related health impacts.

Careers

Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health is seeking a detail-oriented, mission-driven Policy & Operations Assistant to support our growing policy, advocacy, and convening work on climate, health, and equity. This hourly position will play a critical role in tracking policy developments, supporting coalition engagement, assisting in national advocacy campaigns, and providing key administrative support across our core programs—including the Our Planet, Our Health: Climate Action Convention, our Community Health Center Climate Resilience work, and the Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health.

Job Title: Policy & Operations Assistant (Hourly)

Organization: George Mason University, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Location: Remote (U.S.-based)
Position Type: Part-time, Hourly (Non-Exempt)
Compensation: $22-$25/hr
More information: https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/opportunities/ 

How to Apply

To apply, please send a resume and brief cover letter outlining your interest and relevant experience to kwill20@gmu.edu with the subject line: Policy & Operations Assistant Application – [Your Name]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Fellowships and Post-doctoral Positions

An Expression of Interest process is opening for the upcoming Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships(link is external and opens in a new window)).  The scheme provides two types of fellowship open to any discipline and to candidates with a PhD and no more than 8 years’ experience post PhD.

1) European Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted solely our Centre in Hamburg. Typically, 24 months in duration, and open to individuals of any nationality who have spent less than 12 months in the past 36 months in Germany.

2) Global Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted at our Centre in Hamburg, combining an ‘outgoing’ phase at an organisation outside the EU (12-24 months) with a ‘return’ phase to Hamburg (12 months). Open to nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States and Associated Countries, who have not spent more than 12 months in the last 36 months in the country.

The call is anticipated to open on 9 April 2025 with a deadline of 10 September 2025 (TBC). Interested candidates will be required to submit (i) a CV and (ii) a two-page project proposal by 30th March 2025. 

Internships:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (link is external and opens in a new window)accepts applications for various volunteer internships.

Find internship opportunities with the American Public Health Association (APHA)(link is external and opens in a new window).

Find a list of current Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)(link is external and opens in a new window)fellowships and internships.

• Wallace Global Fund supports projects related to ecological collapse and climate change, among other key topics.

• Find information on climate and health financial resources on the World Health Organization website.
• The Financing the Climate-Health Nexus: A Tool for Accessing Funds summarizes funds that are the most relevant and feasible for climate-health initiatives.
• Read a report on climate and health philanthropic opportunities.
• Read an informational blog on climate and health philanthropic opportunities and funding information by Matt James, Health Affairs, March 30, 2017.

Call for papers: Ethics, values and law for public health in a world in turmoil

There are plans for a special supplement of the Journal of Public Health on ethics, values, and laws for building healthy communities in a world in turmoil.

• The deadline for submissions is 15 May 2025

• Submit your papers on the Journal of Public Health submission site to the “Public Health Ethics and Law Supplement”

• For further information, and for those interested submitting a paper or commentaries, please contact Dr Farhang Tahzib

The Journal on Climate and Health is accepting submissions to its Special Issue: Advancing and integrating climate and health policies.

Submissions should consider barriers, opportunities, and/or strategies for advancing climate and health policy. We welcome submissions from any region and geographic scale, from local to international, and using any methodology, such as surveys, interviews, case studies, content analyses, experiments, reviews, and commentaries. Learn more and submit here. Submissions are due June 30, 2025.

Call for Manuscripts: One Health, Pandemic Prevention, Climate Health Education: The Importance of Interprofessional Education Pedagogy 

Hosted by Frontiers in Medicine, Frontiers in Public Health and Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine, this collection is seeking contributions on the following key areas: 

• Development of curricula, workshops, and other training methods to incorporate One Health principles in health professions education.
• Interdisciplinary contributions to the education of health professionals for One Health and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
• Development of digital health competencies related to artificial intelligence in disease forecasting and surveillance and drug development.
• Training health students for antimicrobial stewardship, including green chemistry and sustainable practices. 
• Addressing neglected tropical diseases and the impact of climate change on zoonoses within health professions curricula.

Manuscript Summary Submission Deadline 31 July 2025 and Manuscript Submission Deadline 31 October 2025. More information here.

University of Colorado Climate & Heath Program Diploma in Climate Medicine Certificates

The University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Diploma in Climate Medicine is an innovative professional leadership program designed for clinicians seeking to address the growing health impacts of climate change. Through a 300-hour curriculum, participants gain hands-on training, expert-led education, and the tools to become effective advocates for climate-smart healthcare and policy. The program is flexible—choose individual 60-hour Certificates that align with your interests or complete all five to earn the full Diploma. Join a dynamic community of health professionals working at the intersection of climate and health. Earn continuing education credits, a professional certificate, and micro credentials from the University of Colorado. Learn more and register today. 
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Climate for Health, Ambassador Training Program- This free, three-hour training equips health professionals with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change solutions. Three units of Continuing Medical Education or Nursing CE are available upon completion. Through the generous support of our donors, we are able to offer this course at no cost to you or the training participants.