Climate mitigation and sustainability efforts are critical for protecting lives and well-being into the future.

Mitigation is the process of reducing carbon emissions and sequestering carbon from the atmosphere to limit warming and climate changes. Environmental sustainability involves other efforts to protect the environment. People with disabilities and the healthcare industry must be included in mitigation and sustainability efforts.

​Mitigation: General Resources

• United Nations Climate Change: Introduction to Mitigation
  
• UNFCC. Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
  
• Science Direct: Climate Change Mitigation (list of relevant research and policy papers)
  
• United Nations Climate Action: Renewable energy – powering a safer future
  
• UN Environment Program: Mitigation
  
• Save On Energy: Green Energy
  

​Connections to Health

• AMA Journal of Ethics 24:10 (Full Issue): Health Care Waste
  
• Moszczynski A. Is once always enough? Revisiting the single use item. J Med Ethics. 2009;35(2):87-90.
  
• Jameton, A. Medicine's Role in Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):465-469.
  
• Larson, N. Caring for the Health of the Community Means Caring for the Health of the Environment. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):461-464
  
• King, L. MD, JD.  Educating Patients as Medicine Goes Green, Commentary 1. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):427-429.
  
• Brown, J. Educating Patients as Medicine Goes Green, Commentary 2. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(6):429-433. 
  
• Macpherson, C. and Hill, J. Are Physicians Obliged to Lead Environmental Sustainability Efforts in Health Care Organizations? AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(12):1164-1173
  

​Connections to Disability

• International Labor Organization (2019). Persons with disabilities in a just transition to a low carbon economy
• ​Winters, S., The Link between Renewable Energy and Accessibility. Eco18 (2022)
• Perera, A., Energy and disability. Oxford Policy Management (2019)
• Robertson, S., Inclusive Apprenticeships: Increasing Access to Clean Energy Careers for People with Disabilities. Department of Labor Blog. (2021)