Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action

Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action (VCCA) educates and mobilizes clinician leaders to bring the health voice to climate policymaking in Virginia. VCCA provides educational training, policy research, and advocacy opportunities to more than 600 clinician members in Virginia. VCCA is focused on climate change and health and recognizes its impact on its patients and communities. VCCA aims to continue protecting the health of its patients and communities through education, community outreach, and advocacy around policy solutions. VCCA members and its collaborators successfully advocated to defeate legislation aimed at repealing Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2023.