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Under the Weather: The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis
1 hour 4 minutes Posted Jan 30, 2026 at 8:15 am.
– Intro
– Cecilia Sorensen on consulting for a Grey’s Anatomy episode on heat
– Climate impact she’s seen in the ER
– Medical education is variable across the country, including climate awareness
– Importance of public health and the role of preventive medicine
– Jeni Miller on interconnections between climate and human health
– Climate crisis puts pressure on global health systems
– Ways health care systems can better prepare for climate impacts
– Connection between climate change and reproductive/sexual health
– Climate change exacerbates existing inequalities for women and girls around the world
– Navigating efforts by the Trump administration to increase fertility and birth rate while cutting social services
– Climate One More Thing
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Show notes
As the planet warms, the story of climate change is increasingly becoming a story about human health. Rising temperatures, wildfire smoke, flooding, and shifting disease patterns are no longer distant threats; they are everyday realities. The climate crisis is reshaping health care systems, exposing inequalities, and forcing doctors and policymakers to rethink some of their practices. Medical schools are beginning to adopt climate as part of their curricula, yet such education is widely variable across the country. So what policy and system changes might help address both the climate and health crises at the same time?
Episode Guests:
Jeni Miller, Executive Director, Global Climate and Health Alliance
Cecilia Sorensen, Director, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University 
Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins, President and CEO, PAI
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