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Featured climate resources

The Path to Carbon Neutral: A Guide to Building a Climate-Smart Health Care System

Case study

First carbon-neutral health system shares their roadmap. This case study shares lessons from Kaiser Permanente’s journey as well as resources for organizations to follow in their footsteps.

Health care climate footprint report

Report

This report provides the most comprehensive global analysis of health care’s contribution to climate change to date.

Partnering for resilience: A practical guide to community-based disaster planning for health care

Guide

Provides a new approach to disaster planning and climate preparedness built on a partnership between health systems and the communities they serve

Visual storytelling guide for health care professionals taking climate action

Guide

Steps and tips to make your story come alive with photos, videos, and graphics to ensure your voice is heard and remembered.

Metropolitan Boston Health Care Energy & Greenhouse Gas Profile 2011 through 2019, and 2030 Projection

Case Study

This unique-in-the-nation report summarizes an analysis of more than 40,000 energy and GHG records covering the hospitals comprising the Boston Green Ribbon Commission Health Care Working Group

Customizable RFP for Assessing Climate-Related Infrastructure Risks

Tool

This customizable RFP will help health care systems undertake infrastructure risk assessments and mitigation analyses for facilities facing extreme weather events and other climate risks.

Safe haven in the storm: Protecting lives and margins with climate-smart health care

Report

This report analyzes billions of dollars in losses and resilience-related savings to demonstrate how preparing for extreme weather can make or break a health system.


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