email article As the world starts to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, another global -- and even more devastating -- existential threat persists: climate change. Worldwide, climate-driven disasters including storms, droughts, fires, and floods displaced more than 10 million people since last September. Here in the western U.S., we face increasingly catastrophic wildfire seasons with powerful effects on health and the healthcare system. Climate change poses an immediate threat both to our patients and our businesses, with a new normal of fires causing hospital evacuations, medical office buildings closures, and supply-chain disruptions. The issue of climate change is very much "in our lane" as physicians and healthcare professionals.