Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education

Research and Surveys

The GCCHE is at the forefront of research into climate change and health. Below, explore research published on the impact of our courses, as well as insights from our distinguished network of researchers. 

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Nearly all of these articles are open access. However, if you have difficulty accessing these articles please contact mo3040@columbia.edu.

2025

  1. Mantilla G, Pineda B, Sorensen C, Campbell H, Hamacher N, Glatfelter K. Building capacities in the Andean region: Training health professionals on climate change and health. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2025;25:100551. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100551

  2. Weinstein HNW, Hadley K, Patel J, et al. A Train-the-Trainer Approach to Build Community Resilience to the Health Impacts of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2025;22(4). doi:10.3390/ijerph22040650

  3. Sorensen C, Magalhaes DDP, Campbell H, et al. Improving health professionals’ capacity to respond to the climate crisis: Outcomes of the Caribbean climate and health responder course. PLOS Climate. 2025;4(6 June). doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000566

  4. Gillespie E, Sorensen C, Rao S, et al. Practical tools to align planetary health objectives within the current Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation Process. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2025;24. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100468

  5. Friel GA, DePhillips M, Breakey S, Duderstadt K, Sorensen C. Nursing Climate Resources for Health Education (N-CRHE): Advancing education and empowering nurses for action. Nurse Education Today. 2025;152. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106778

  6. Chen TT, Pinho-Gomes AC, Hamacher N, et al. Climate and Health Capacity Building for Health Professionals in Europe: A Pilot Course. International Journal of Public Health. 2025;70. doi:10.3389/ijph.2025.1608469

  7. Cerceo E, Weinstein HNW, Wheat S, Sullivan J, Bevan J, Sorensen C. Medical education competency frameworks for climate and planetary health: A scoping review. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2025;25. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100488

  8.  Cerceo E, Patel L, Sorensen C. Planetary health leadership: essential personal characteristics for addressing the planetary crisis. BMJ Leader. Published online 2025. doi:10.1136/leader-2025-001250

2024

  1. Sorensen CJ, Fried LP. Defining Roles and Responsibilities of the Health Workforce to Respond to the Climate Crisis. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(3):E241435. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1435

  2. Sorensen C, Magalhães D, Hamacher N, et al. Climate and health education in public health schools worldwide during 2023–24: a survey. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2024;8(12):e1010-e1019. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00284-5

  3. Sorensen C, Hospedales J. Training health leaders to strengthen our response to the climate crisis. BMJ. Published online 2024. doi:10.1136/bmj.q2086

  4.  Sorensen C, Barboza C, Berry P, et al. Pan American climate resilient health systems: a training course for health professionals. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2024;48. doi:10.26633/RPSP.2024.83

  5. Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu SC, et al. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. The Lancet. 2024;404(10465):1847-1896. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1

  6. Okatch H, Remshifski PA, Fennessey A, et al. Climate change and its impact on health: a global collaborative learning model. Frontiers in Medicine. 2024;11. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1438609

  7. Leonardi GS, Zeka A, Ashworth M, et al. Building competency to deal with environmental health challenges: experiences and a proposal. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1373530

  8. Leonardi GS, Zeka A, Ashworth M, et al. A new environmental public health practice to manage current and future global health challenges through education, training, and capacity building. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1373490

  9. Jacobsen KH, Waggett CE, Berenbaum P, et al. Planetary health learning objectives: foundational knowledge for global health education in an era of climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2024;8(9):e706-e713. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00167-0

  10. Hertelendy AJ, Howard C, Sorensen C, et al. Seasons of smoke and fire: preparing health systems for improved performance before, during, and after wildfires. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2024;8(8):e588-e602. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00144-X

  11. Hartinger SM, Palmeiro-Silva YK, Llerena-Cayo C, et al. The 2023 Latin America report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 2024;33. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2024.100746

  12. Díaz AR, Rollock L, Boodram LLG, et al. A demand-driven climate services for health implementation framework: A case study for climate-sensitive diseases in Caribbean Small Island Developing States. PLOS Climate. 2024;3(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000282

2023

  1. Wylie BJ, Sorensen C. Introduction: Climate change and perinatal health: challenges and opportunities. Seminars in Perinatology. 2023;47(8). doi:10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151846

  2. Wheat S, Katzman J, Herring D, Tomedi L, Sood N, Sorensen C. Climate-health tele-education as a force multiplier: A train-the-trainer ECHO course series. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2023;14. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100282

  3. Volkov BB, Bredella MA, Doyle JM, Sorensen C. Developing adaptive capacity and preparedness in clinical and translational science. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2023;7(1). doi:10.1017/cts.2023.7

  4. Sundaresan A, Uddin R, Sorensen C. The impacts of climate migration on perinatal health and opportunities to safeguard perinatal well-being. Seminars in Perinatology. 2023;47(8). doi:10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151845

  5.  Sullivan JK, Basu G, Patel L, Teherani A, Sorensen C. Editorial: Climate and health education: defining the needs of society in a changing climate. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023;11. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1307614

  6. Sullivan J, Sorensen C. Protecting populations from the health harms of air pollution. BMJ. Published online 2023. doi:10.1136/bmj.p2020

  7. Sorensen C, Hamacher N, Campbell H, et al. Climate and health capacity building for health professionals in the Caribbean: A pilot course. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023;11. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1077306

  8. Sorensen C, Dresser C, Balakumar A, et al. Extramural US Federal Research Grants For Health Outcomes Associated With Climate Change Inadequate, Too Narrow In Focus. Health Affairs. 2023;42(9):1289-1297. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01407

  9. Sorensen C, Campbell H, Depoux A, et al. Core competencies to prepare health professionals to respond to the climate crisis. PLOS Climate. 2023;2(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000230

  10. Sasai F, Roncal-Jimenez C, Rogers K, et al. Climate change and nephrology. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2023;38(1):41-48. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfab258

  11. Hadley K, Wheat S, Rogers HH, et al. Mechanisms underlying food insecurity in the aftermath of climate-related shocks: a systematic review. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2023;7(3):e242-e250. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00003-7

2022

  1. Wheat S, Gaughen S, Skeet J, et al. Climate change and COVID-19: Assessing the vulnerability and resilience of U.S. Indigenous communities to syndemic crises. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2022;8. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100148

  2. Wheat S, Chekuri B, Sorensen C, Rochford R, Lemery J. Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy. Frontiers in Medicine. 2022;9. doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.1060145

  3. Sorensen C, Lehmann E, Holder C, et al. Reducing the health impacts of ambient air pollution. The BMJ. Published online 2022. doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-069487

  4. Sorensen C, Howard C, Prabhakaran P, Horton G, Basu R. Heat illnesses in clinical practice. The BMJ. Published online 2022. doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-070762

  5. Sorensen C, Hess J. Treatment and Prevention of Heat-Related Illness. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022;387(15):1404-1413. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp2210623

  6. Sbiroli E, Geynisman-Tan J, Sood N, Maines BA, Junn JHJ, Sorensen C. Climate change and women’s health in the United States: Impacts and opportunities. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2022;8. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100169

  7. Patel L, Conlon KC, Sorensen C, et al. Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events: How Health Systems Should Prepare. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. 2022;3(7). doi:10.1056/CAT.21.0454

  8. Dally M, Macaluso F, James KA, Newman LS, Sorensen CJ. Addressing Climate Change in the Workplace. Workplace Health and Safety. 2022;70(7):340. doi:10.1177/21650799221103767

  9. Calderon JL, Sorensen C, Lemery J, Workman CF, Linstadt H, Bazilian MD. Managing upstream oil and gas emissions: A public health oriented approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 2022;310. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114766

  10. Alexander M, Eissa M, McDermott-Levy R, et al. COP26: Looking forward from Glasgow by placing health at the center of climate action. Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2022;5. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100117