Climate Change and Emergency Medicine

Emergency departments are at the forefront of the impacts of climate change and will need to be prepared to cope with additional presentations. ACEM recognises that emergency departments and hospital systems are also a source of carbon emissions.

ACEM’s Public Health and Disaster Committee has developed an Environmental Strategy to support actions to prepare for and mitigate the deleterious impacts of climate change on human health.

ACEM has developed a range of resources to support EDs prepare, manage and plan for surges in demand.

Media releases on Climate Change