PROFESSIONS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN MEMBERSHIP
The Climate Health Society strives to unite all professionals working to address the impact of climate change on health. We aim to be a professional home for career development, research, strategic public communication, community engagement, and the many other ways that we all work in an interdisciplinary fashion to protect health in the climate crisis. As climate change and health touches so many professions, all are welcome. We have attempted to assemble an exhaustive list of professions that might be interested in our organization below.
If you have any questions about this list or can think of a profession not listed, please don’t
hesitate to reach out to us at info@climatehealthsociety.org. We would love to hear from you!
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Acupuncturist
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Active Design Professionals
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Advanced practice provider (NP, PA, CRNA, etc)
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Agriculture/Food/Nutrition Researcher
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Air Quality Specialist
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Architects and Landscape Designers
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Assurance/Audit Sustainability Specialist (e.g., accounting firms)
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Atmospheric Scientist/Chemist
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Built Environment Specialists
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Carbon Cycle Scientist
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Chief Sustainability Officer
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Chiropractor
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Circular Economy Specialist/Manager
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Climate AI Expert
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Climate Influencers
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Climate Modeler
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Climate Risk/Policy Analyst
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Climatologist
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Communications Professional (e.g., research, strategic, PR, corporate, advocacy, crisis)
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Computational Climate Scientist
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Data Scientist
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Dietitian
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Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
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Doctoral degree holder
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Earth Observation Scientist
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Earth System Scientist
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Ecologist
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Emergency Medical Technician
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Engineers (e.g., civil, climate adaptation, systems, industrial, environmental, energy
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systems)
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Environmental Accountant
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Environmental Engineer (e.g., flood control, emissions reduction)
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Environmental Justice Professionals
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Environmental Scientist
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Epidemiologist
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Exposome Specialist
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Finance Professional/Banking (e.g., Green Bond Structurer, Sustainable Finance
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Analyst, World Bank, IFC)
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First Responders
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Geographer
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Geospatial Analyst (GIS Specialist)
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Global Regulatory Sustainability Officer (e.g., CSRD, ISSB, EU Taxonomy)
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Green Chemist
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Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Practitioner
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Health Informatics
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Health Policy/Law Professionals
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Healthcare Safety and Quality Professional
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High-Performance Computing (HPC) Engineer
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Insurance/Reinsurance Professionals
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Integrated Reporting Specialist
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International Relations
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Investment Institutions (e.g., Green Banks, PE, VC, Impact Investors)
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Journalist/media Professional (including podcasts)
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Lawyer
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Lifecycle Assessment Expert
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Local, State, Federal Government Employee
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Meteorologist
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Microbiologist
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Naturopath
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Nurse (BSN, RN, LVN)
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Oceanographer
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Occupational Therapist
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Other Allied Health Professional
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Paleoclimatologist
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Paramedic
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Pharmacist
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Physician
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Physiotherapist
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Psychologist
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Public Health Professional
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Public Health/Environmental/Sustainable Urban Planners
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Radar and Lidar Technician (e.g. active sensing tools for storms, aerosols, etc.)
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Rating Agency Professional (e.g., Moody’s, MSCI, materiality, health impacts, regulatory,
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risk)
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Remote Sensing Specialist
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Renewable Energy and Health Integration Specialist
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Satellite Meteorologist
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Science Communicator
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Social Scientist
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Space Weather Scientist
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Statistician
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Student/Trainee
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Sustainability Accountant (e.g., GRI certified)
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Sustainability Data Analyst
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Sustainability Professional
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Supply Chain (Scope 3) Sustainability Manager
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Toxicologist
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Veterinarians
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Virologist