35. Climate action: Just what the doctor ordered
Just Medicine10 Jul 2025

35. Climate action: Just what the doctor ordered

Climate change is presenting a big problem for health, with significant implications for equity. As medical trainees, when it comes to addressing the health impacts of climate change in our patients, it can be hard to know where to even start.

In this episode, our guest Dr. Melissa Lem – a family physician, environmental advocate, and the president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) – shares ideas on how to integrate considerations about planetary health into medical practice.


Resources:

- Ready to get involved in climate action? Check out CAPE, the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, and EnviroMed at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine.

- Dive into some of the health research and recommendations around time spent in nature at the website of PaRx⁠, Canada’s evidence-based nature prescription initiative.

- Consult inhalerguide.ca (or BCinhalers.ca for folks practicing in BC) to learn more about the carbon footprint of and coverage for different asthma and COPD inhalers.


Credits:

Additional music by LP-Studio-music, used under the ⁠⁠Pixabay content license⁠⁠.

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