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Using Generative Art to Convey Past and Future Climate Transitions

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Published on: March 31, 2023

気候変動対策と脱炭素化の推進

Teddie Potter¹, Katie Huffling, Barbara Polivka

¹Teddie Potter is director of the Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis. Katie Huffling is the executive director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mount Rainier, MD. Barbara Polivka is a professor and associate dean of research at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City. Elizabeth Schenk is the chief environmental stewardship officer at Providence Health System in Renton, WA, and an associate research professor at the Washington State University College of Nursing in Spokane. Contact author: Teddie Potter, tmpotter@umn.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

The American journal of nursing

|December 24, 2025

Abstract:

Health professionals and health care organizations globally are beginning to recognize that climate change significantly threatens patient health and the sustainability of health care systems. To address these issues, health care professionals can use three approaches-mitigation, adaptation, and advocacy-to promote climate action, decarbonize the health care system, transform health care practice, and develop policies that protect the public. In this article, we discuss advocacy, focusing on the ways nurses can use their professional and personal voices to address climate change.

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アドボカシー気候変動脱炭素化看護師のリーダーシップ

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Global Climate Change

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What is Climate?

Climate refers to the prevailing weather conditions in a specific area over an extended period. As the saying goes, “Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.” Climate is influenced by geographic factors, such as latitude, terrain, and proximity to bodies of water.

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The Carbon Cycle

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

As the human population continues to grow and use resources, we must be mindful of our planet’s natural limits. Sustainable development provides a pathway to maintain and improve human life now while also ensuring that future generations will have the resources that they need. The long-term success of sustainability efforts rests on understanding the interplay between human actions and ecological systems.

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