Centering justice & community voices in climate solutions

Hear about well-designed green space resilience initiatives, and learn how health care organizations can center justice in their resilience strategies through multi-sectoral collaboration, advocacy, and inclusive solutions.

• Understand how climate and environmental justice impacts health and health equity.
• Learn how to design ethical and just green space strategies.
• Discover how health care organizations can center justice in their resilience strategies.

Health care organizations are implementing infrastructure and community resilience measures to plan for the health and well-being of current and future generations. One such measure, urban greening, provides numerous health and environmental benefits but can give rise to justice considerations including unequal access to green space and the potential for certain tree species to exacerbate pulmonary conditions. Many greening initiatives have proceeded without considering these factors or involving community voices.

Hear about well-designed green space resilience initiatives that address environmental and climate justice and health equity. With insights and inspiration from these successful initiatives, learn how health care organizations can center justice in green space strategies through multi-sectoral collaboration, advocacy, and inclusive solutions.