Advancing Climate Health in Arizona

With the planned AzNA Today holiday break, this will be our last post of 2023. We thank you for your support and engagement in the AzNA Climate Change and Health Workgroup and hope to hear more from you in 2024 regarding what you want to learn about climate change, what you would like to do to help your patients and community address climate health issues, and how we can work together to make our planet healthier for all of us. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and wish you a healthy and happy 2024.

From early 2023 but still applicable, a few tips on how to have an environmentally friendly holiday season.

• Offer homemade or upcycled gifts.
• Consider buying and traveling locally.
• Swap disposables for reusables.
• Eat more plant-rich foods.

What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week

• How to be environmentally friendly during the holiday (Real Simple)
• For Happier Holidays, Set Your Expectations – and Breath (WebMD)
• Science vs greed at COP28 (Katharine Hayhoe Substack)
• Carbon Capture Isn’t an Easy Fix (YouTube, Bloomberg)
• How many people died in the Phoenix heat? (AZ Central)

Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!