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Overview Since the early months of 2025, the notion that government would adopt policies to reduce the threats from climate change seems almost quaint. However, physics and chemistry do not negotiate; collective failure to bend the climate curve can only result in increased suffering for increasing numbers of people. Most policies that work to reduce climate impacts have extensive co-benefits: […]

Health and health care delivery system transformation and climate change, two global megatrends, continue to garner growing attention by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international convening bodies. Often viewed as unrelated, these two worldwide challenges have, in fact, an important, yet under-recognized inter-relatedness that may be best addressed simultaneously with cross-cutting solutions. The importance of taking such an interdisciplinary approach […]

Introduction Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the general public may have been unaware of the growing health care worker burnout crisis. However, during the pandemic, it was difficult to miss media reports of increasing levels of burnout, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among health care professionals caring for seriously ill patients infected with a novel disease (Gregorio, 2020; Farrar, 2021). […]

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held the Symposium on Pediatric Disaster Science, led by the Action Collaborative for Disaster Research, on August 1–2, 2022, in Washington, DC. The meeting convened a broad representation of subject matter experts, including federal and nonfederal partners, with the goal of presenting the scope of perspectives, information, and […]