Climate Health System Alliance
June 3, 2026
Calgary, AB
Registration details coming soon.
About this event
Health-care systems are both contributors to and victims of climate change, responsible for over 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, higher than the aviation industry, while simultaneously facing rising pressures from extreme weather events, wildfires, and system disruptions.
The launch of the Climate Health System Alliance (CHSA), hosted within the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary, brings together leaders from healthcare, policy, industry, and communities to address this dual challenge.
This event will explore how we can transition toward low-carbon, climate-resilient, and just health-care systems—through leadership, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration. Grounded in real-world implementation and a living laboratory in Alberta, CHSA is focused on turning evidence into action to build health-care systems that are sustainable, high-performing, and prepared for the future.
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About the Climate Health System Alliance (CHSA)
Climate Health System Alliance (CHSA) — hosted within the O’Brien Institute for Public Health — is advancing the transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient, and equitable health-care systems. Health-care contributes over 5% of global emissions—more than the aviation industry—and would rank as the world’s fifth-largest emitter if it were a country. At the same time, it sits on the front lines of climate impacts, from extreme heat to wildfires and system disruptions.
CHSA brings together leaders across health-care, policy, industry, and communities to turn evidence into action—developing the leadership, frameworks, and partnerships needed to build resilient, sustainable, and equitable health-care systems for the future.
The CHSA is an implementation alliance hosted within the O'Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary. Guided by a vision to transform health-care systems toward climate resilience and justice, CHSA advances this through applied research, leadership development, and knowledge translation across three strategic pillars — climate-resilient and sustainable health-care systems, health system leadership in climate action, and ethics and justice in climate and health-care systems. A particular focus of CHSA is advancing women in climate and health leadership, mentoring the next generation of women leaders who will drive health system transformation across Canada. Working at the intersection of implementation science, health economics, and system governance, CHSA connects evidence to action to create health-care systems that are sustainable, equitable, and high-performing. Grounded in a living laboratory in Alberta with a national in reach.