90.994          Global Climate Change and Public Health Implications

90.994          Global Climate Change and Public Health Implications:

MSSNY agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) position that global climate change is occurring and that there exists the potential for abrupt climate change resulting in significant public health consequences.

Also, MSSNY will continue to explore low-cost opportunities to address this matter, such as:  (a) sessions at educational conferences and the development of a policy position statement as well as other modes of communicating this issue to the MSSNY membership; (b) inviting qualified members to serve where appropriate on workgroups, coalitions and committees to advance climate change research, interventions, policies and legislation that are consistent with MSSNY’s mission and objectives; and (c) supporting policies and legislation that address measures to prevent or mitigate public health effects of climate change.  (HOD 2008-151; Reaffirmed HOD 2018)