Climate change has led to a multitude of ecological disruptions and downstream reproductive health consequences that impair our reproductive capacity and, in turn, harm the health and survival of future generations. Atmospheric changes, driven by anthropogenic emissions, expose global populations to droughts, heat waves, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events—posing major threats to public health and exacerbating environmental health disparities. Existing evidence demonstrates the potential for climate-driven events to impact reproductive health outcomes, yet very few studies have explored this relationship. Recently, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics released position statements regarding reproductive health and environmental exposures. Unfortunately, such initiatives have yielded little action within the health care system. To address this stagnation, health care workers must meld research findings into actionable preventive medicine strategies and transition to a more action-oriented approach to address the climate crisis. The objective of this article is to elucidate the urgency of the climate crisis in relation to reproductive health and push the health care workers to recognize their intrinsic opportunity as leaders in climate action at local, state, national, and international levels. We call on health care organizations and health care workers to leverage their inherent positions as climate action leaders to increase climate resilience and mitigate climate-related adverse reproductive health outcomes.

气候变化导致了多种生态破坏和下游生殖健康后果，损害了我们的生殖能力，进而损害了子孙后代的健康和生存。人为排放造成的大气变化使全球人口面临干旱、热浪、海平面上升和极端天气事件，对公众健康构成重大威胁，并加剧了环境健康差异。现有证据表明气候驱动的事件有可能影响生殖健康结果，但很少有研究探讨这种关系。最近，美国生殖医学会、美国妇产科医师学会和国际妇产科联合会发布了有关生殖健康和环境暴露的立场声明。不幸的是，此类举措在医疗保健系统内收效甚微。为了解决这种停滞问题，卫生保健工作者必须将研究结果融入可行的预防医学策略中，并转向更加以行动为导向的方法来应对气候危机。本文的目的是阐明气候危机与生殖健康相关的紧迫性，并促使卫生保健工作者认识到他们作为地方、州、国家和国际各级气候行动领导者的内在机会。我们呼吁卫生保健组织和卫生保健工作者利用其作为气候行动领导者的固有地位，增强气候适应能力并减轻与气候相关的不利生殖健康后果。