**This page has not been updated since 2021. It is in the process of being updated. In the meantime, please contact the 2022-2023 Director of Global Health, Khalidha Nasiri, at [email protected] if you have any questions about the global health portfolio**

In 2009, the Lancet journal named Climate Change as the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century. In 2017, the same was arguably still true. The CFMS Global Health Advocates in 2016-17 chose climate change & health as their advocacy theme for the year. To raise awareness on this issue, they created the initiatives below. For current 2020 CFMS initiatives relating to climate change, sustainability and health, please visit the HEART page.

Climate Change and Health Podcast Series

The Global Health Advocates are excited to launch an 8-part podcast series featuring local experts discussing various facets of the interactions between climate change and health. Please visit our Soundcloud account to listen to each episode.

**Please, note that the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and its affiliates do not necessarily endorse the views expressed in these interviews.

Climate Change and Health Network

In collaboration with the Health and Environment Adaptive Response Task Force, the advocates are working to create local champions of medical sustainability in healthcare on medical school campuses across the country. We are pleased to announce successful positions have been created at the following schools:

• University of Alberta
• University of Calgary
• University of Ottawa