As my contribution to this year's Earth Day celebration, I am posting an essay I made regarding the role of MD's in averting climate change. We really should all be involved in this earth-saving endeavor for our sake and our children's future. It is our obligation as inhabitants of this planet. The Physician's Role in Averting Climate Change Anything and everything that will affect human health is our business as individual medical practitioners. Reports about the earth’s rapidly changing climate are not new to us and for several years now, we have heard planetary scientists conveying their concern over its effect to the balance of the biosphere. Numerous studies have also been showing its serious implications to the human health. We are now seeing a rising number of vector-borne infectious diseases every year. Respiratory diseases are also becoming less and less responsive to treatment. This could also probably explain the increasing cases of allergic rhi...