Minority nurses are uniquely positioned to leverage their influence to help combat racial disparities in the healthcare industry. As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative.

Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes. In this article, we’ll examine racial disparities in climate change, why environmental education is important, and how minority nurses can take action to affect greater change.

Disparities in the Impact of Climate Change