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health professionals physicians nurses may play important role transformation process towards healthy sustainable climatesensitive society however little known climatespecific health literacy study aimed assess knowledge regarding climate change impacts health climatespecific health literacy health professionals julyaugust 2022 crosssectional questionnairebased study carried university hospital regensburg germany assess climatespecific health literacy nurses physicians various clinical specialties descriptive exploratory statistical analyses performed study population consisted 142 participants 577 women response rate 247 participants 93 considered climate change highly relevant however 12 respondents stated well informed regarding general consequences climate change although 57 participants never mentioned climate change relation health patients participants higher levels knowledge regarding effects climate change likely mention compared lower levels knowledge frequently stated obstacle integrate topic climate change clinical work lack time work 79 enough information 42 lacking materials 39 differences health professions apparent results survey suggest current state climatespecific health literacy differs different groups health professionals need improve health professionals levels climatespecific health literacy increase potential interprofessional cooperation regarding planetary health