Healthcare leadership for a climate resilient future

The Lancet Countdown, which tracks the health impacts of climate across 47 indicators, has had a global impact, spurring national organisations to speak out on the risks of climate change. For example, the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, and the Canadian Public Health Association responded to the 2023 countdown with a policy brief that warns in plain language how “climate change will continue to have devastating impacts on health and human lives, further straining health systems and nullifying any possibility for adaptation, unless ambitious climate action is urgently undertaken.”