Climate action fund for health professionals

Advancing climate-smart health care from the front lines

As trusted leaders, health professionals have a unique opportunity to advance health care sustainability and influence policies to protect the health of their patients and the broader community.

With the help of generous donors like you, Health Care Without Harm supports emerging and established clinical health professional leaders, leveraging their influence and expertise to advance the growing health care sustainability movement and create climate-smart health care through mitigation, resilience, and leadership

A feature of this work, the Emerging Physician Leader Award and Scholarship, established in 2018 by the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network, recognizes the importance of mentoring and supporting the next generation of physician sustainability champions.

The award recognizes medical students, residents, or fellows who have demonstrated a passion for sustainable health care or a commitment to climate and health leadership. Thanks to the support of past contributors, we have awarded 19 scholarships over the years. Learn about our past Emerging Physician Leader Award recipients.

This year's award recipients will receive:

• Free registration to CleanMed Salt Lake City from May 21-23, 2024

• Up to three nights in the CleanMed Salt Lake City conference hotel

• A travel stipend for transportation to and from the conference

• A $1,000 grant to support an educational, advocacy, organizing, communication, research, or other project that aligns with the goals of the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network to support physician and medical student action to reduce the environmental impact of health delivery and promote climate-smart health care through mitigation, resilience, and leadership

This year the award is offered by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

Your donation will support this important program and others like it.

If you would like to make a donation by mail please send a check to:

Health Care Without Harm

12110 Sunset Hills Rd, Suite 600

Reston, VA 20190

Please include a note indicating your donation is for the “Climate action fund for health professionals.” Please also indicate if you would like to make your donation in honor or in memory of someone.

By phone:

Call Health Care Without Harm at 888-214-3716. 

We are happy to accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.