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Alianza Médica contra el Cambio Climático

Alianza Médica contra el Cambio Climático

The Medical Alliance against Climate Change (AMCC) is a Spanish initiative that brings together the Spanish General Medical Council and 22 major national scientific medical societies to address the health impacts of climate change and reduce the carbon footprint of the healthcare sector. AMCC functions as a national professional platform that connects frontline clinicians, professional regulators, and scientific experts, giving it exceptional reach and influence across the Spanish health system.​

Structurally, the AMCC is anchored in the Spanish General Medical Council and supported by multiple scientific medical societies, forming a coordinated network that covers almost all medical specialties and regions. This network collaborates closely with governmental bodies such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, and the Observatory on Health and Climate Change, aligning its work with national strategies like the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan and the Strategic Health and Environmental Action Plan.​

The AMCC is important because it positions physicians as key agents in both protecting populations from climate-related health risks and decarbonizing the health sector. By issuing guidance, developing consensus documents, and advocating for low‑carbon clinical practice, it helps translate climate science into practical action in hospitals and clinics. In addition, its unified professional voice strengthens political advocacy, ensuring that health considerations are central in climate policies and that climate policies support resilient, sustainable health services.

Supporting the following commitments:

  • Commitment 1: Conduct climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments (V&As) at population level and/or health care facility level.
  • Commitment 2: Develop a health national adaptation plan (HNAP) informed by the health V&A, which forms part of the National Adaptation Plan.
  • Commitment 6: Develop an action plan or roadmap by a set date to develop a sustainable low carbon health system (including supply chains).

Country experience:

Spain: commitments 1, 2, and 3