This concluding webinar explored how health care leadership and the workforce can drive sustainability and climate resilience forward in a shifting policy landscape. Drawing from the full webinar series, Don Berwick (Institute for Healthcare Improvement), Kara Brooks (American Hospital Association), Komal Bajaj (NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB), and Seema Wadhwa (Net Positive Solutions), joined by Jeff Thompson [Gundersen Health System (former)], highlighted high-impact strategies organizations can adopt to embed sustainability into daily operations, organizational culture, and care delivery—while strengthening resilience from the inside out.
The webinar also featured practical tools developed by the NAM, which provide actionable guidance for both individuals and institutions. By aligning sustainability with cost savings, patient safety, and high-quality care, this webinar offers a path forward—one grounded in collaboration, innovation, and a shared responsibility to lead and protect health in a changing world.
Resources to Share:
- Building Momentum to Act on Health Care Decarbonization Webinar Series
- Climate Journey Map
- Health Sector Climate Action Survey
- Carbon Accounting 101
- Key Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by US Hospitals and Health Systems
- Climate and Health Learning Collaborative: Regional Webinar Series
- Sustainability Roadmap
The external resources on this page do not necessarily represent the views of any one organization, the Climate Collaborative, or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and have not been subjected to the review procedures of, nor are they a product of, the National Academies. We are sharing this curated list based on the expert guidance of Collaborative members to serve as resources.
This webinar is part of the NAM Climate Collaborative‘s Building Momentum to Act on Health Care Decarbonization webinar series.
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