title: From Extraction to Renewal: A Global Campaign for Healthy Energy.
abstract: A global movement is emerging in the health sector to engage in discourse and advocacy on the health impacts and health costs of energy choices--specifically the health harms of extractive, climate-disrupting energy sources such as coal and gas. Individuals and organizations in the health sector have begun to address climate and energy issues at multiple levels of engagement, including with others in the health sector, with pollution-affected communities, with policy makers, and with the media. We present recent examples of health sector advocacy and leadership on the health impacts of energy choices and opportunities for broadening and deepening the movement.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Without Harm, Connecticut, USA jwang@hcwh.org.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: GroundWork, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Rico
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Euripidou
authors.affiliation: Climate and Health Alliance, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: Health and Environment Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Génon K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Health Care Without Harm, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karliner
authors.affiliation: Health Care Without Harm-Asia, Quezon City, Philippines.
authors.forename: Renzo R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Guinto
authors.affiliation: Rock Environment and Energy Institute, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Community Environmental Monitoring, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orris
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D057231:Climate Change; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D059205:Renewable Energy; D012922:Social Change
keywords: advocacy; climate change; coal; fossil fuels; health impact assessment; renewable energy