by Carla Stephan | Aug 16, 2017 | Appeals, Campaign Updates, Hiroshima Day
Medact has received a letter from the Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, along with a copy of their Peace Declaration. The Medact Hiroshima Appeal 2017 has just recently launched. It will enable us to continue and grow our work for peace. We join the City of Hiroshima... by Carla Stephan | Aug 10, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Divestment
Are you a member of the British Psychological Society? Members are calling on the British Psychological Society to end its investments in companies in the fossil fuel industry. We have written this Open Letter to the Trustees of the Society following similar calls in... by Carla Stephan | Jul 5, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Doctors Against Diesel
There is overwhelming evidence that exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution has major adverse consequences on health. Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s largest study of air pollution shows... by Carla Stephan | Jun 28, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Doctors Against Diesel
A response has been received from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, to the Doctors against Diesel response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Letter in March. Doctors against Diesel’s response included the... by Carla Stephan | Jun 26, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Doctors Against Diesel
Medact is a London-based public health charity that works on environmental health, amongst other things. Medact is the lead organiser of the Doctors Against Diesel campaign which comprises a wide range of academics and clinicians who are concerned about the... by Carla Stephan | Jun 15, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Resources, Climate & Environment, Doctors Against Diesel
We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel on Facebook and... by Frank Boulton | Jun 2, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security
The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa Rica. The text is available here: http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BanDraft.pdf.... by Alice Munro | Apr 26, 2017 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Headlines, News, Sign-Ons, Divestment
It is nearly three years since members of the British Medical Association (BMA) first called for fossil fuel divestment. Despite passing a resolution on climate change that referenced divestment in 2014, there has been no commitment made to begin the process. In... by Emma Champion | Apr 7, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Headlines, News, Nuclear Weapons
Seventy years after two devastating nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan, causing an estimated 250,000 casualties, the world still harbours 16,500 nuclear weapons which are many times more powerful than those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many are on... by Elizabeth Atherton | Mar 23, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Climate & Environment, Food
Happy NHS Sustainability Day! A national day of action across the health sector to highlight the important role of sustainability in health service delivery. Hospital environments that promote food which is both healthy and sustainable are absolutely key to the... by Alice Munro | Mar 14, 2017 | Campaign Updates, Doctors Against Diesel
A response has been received from Prime Minister Theresa May to the letter signed by nearly 300 doctors and other health professionals in February 2017, which called for action on diesel-related air pollution. In her response she recognises that diesel is a... by Alice Munro | Feb 24, 2017 | Campaign Updates, In the News, Doctors Against Diesel
Thanks to everyone who signed the letter to Theresa May calling for government support for diesel phase out in towns and cities. Below is some of the media coverage of the letter. Sadiq Khan suggests driving could be banned on certain days in central London to cut...