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Climate change is a public health crisis, and health care is responsible for 8.5% of U.S. carbon emissions. Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine, joins to discuss how the Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector is bringing together organizations across medicine to take action. AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger hosts.
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- Victor Dzau, MD, president, National Academy of Medicine
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