John,

In response to the growing climate crisis, the National Academy of Medicine has called on health sector institutions to take greater responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – calling it the core of the crisis. That’s all well and good, except it does not address one of the root causes of the crisis at the source: the BILLIONS of dollars continuing to be invested into fossil fuel holdings by the health sector’s large private institutions’ pension and retirement funds.  

The urgency of the climate crisis, the implications for global public health and equity, and the health sector’s singularly unique responsibilities towards our health demands a response from the health sector that directly addresses this root cause.

In order to address this blatant contradiction and confront the major health impacts caused by climate change, we are demanding the National Academy of Medicine call upon healthcare institutions to divest from fossil fuels.