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UC San Francisco recognizes the urgency of addressing the human health impacts of the climate crisis. This past fiscal year, the institution has made significant strides in integrating the climate-health connection into its graduate health care education, research and patient care mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis<\/a>, a main feature of the December 2019 issue of UCSF Magazine, focused on six faculty members\u2019 pioneering work of linking the physical and psychological costs of climate-related disasters and how they incorporate climate change into the curriculum and guide the health sector to address the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n

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UCSF’s newly formed Climate and Health Center is convening a transdisciplinary community of practice to drive cutting-edge climate health research and education, promote health system sustainability and bring health evidence to climate policy in order to improve the health, well-being and equity of all communities. A newly created EaRTH Center<\/a>, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is working to integrate environmental health into the medical school curriculum. And the Human Health and Climate Change student group<\/a> developed a Planetary Health Justice Report Card<\/a> that grades U.S. and Canadian medical schools on how well they address the intersection of health and the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these academic efforts, climate mitigation of campus and health system operations is ongoing. Sustainability work groups continue to focus on energy efficiency, green buildings<\/a> and smart sustainable campus planning<\/a>. Green Lab campaigns promoted Energy Star-certified freezers, and the 10th Annual Anniversary Sustainability Awards<\/a> recognized green champions and work groups. New climate actions this year included the purchase of carbon-free electricity from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, installation of the 10th solar project and the construction of UCSF\u2019s first all-electric housing buildings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preparing for Power Shutoffs<\/a><\/h3>\n

In 2019, Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) impacted or threatened to impact many campus and health system operations. UCSF created a new Lab Services Initiative to provide centralized lab equipment maintenance, temperature monitoring and bracing to protect UCSF\u2019s invaluable research assets. UCSF resilience planning also included the chancellor and other leaders from the UCSF campus […]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n