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Health Through Peace 2017 – Programme

by Medact Events | Feb 15, 2017 | Forum, Headlines, News

See the latest speakers and sessions for the coming Medact Forum / IPPNW World Congress

Annie Quick – “Equality and Sustainability: Where does the UK stand?”

by Medact Events | Jan 31, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Videos, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice

Annie Quick, lead for Wellbeing and Inequality at the New Economics Foundation, outlines some of the issues around inequality and the environment in the UK, considers the political context, and attempts to offer a hope for the future. Speaker bio From Session B3...

Milja Fenger & Samuel Lee-Gammage – “Planet on a plate: Interconnected impacts of our global food system”

by Medact Events | Jan 31, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

From Session A1 – “Global Food System Challenges”

David Powell – “Flowers, elephants & conflicts: Kenya’s progress on inequality & sustainability”

by Medact Events | Jan 24, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Videos, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice

Environment programme lead David Powell discusses a partnership between the New Economic Foundation and the African Centre for a Green Economy looking at the dynamics between economic inequality and sustainability in four case studies from around Kenya. Speaker bio...

Highlights from Healthy Planet Better World

by Medact Events | Jan 24, 2017 | Forum, Headlines, Videos, Climate & Environment

Another thank you to all our speakers, delegates and volunteers for making such a fantastic event

John Lanchbery – “The Paris Agreement: game changer or more hot air?”

by Medact Events | Jan 23, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Videos, Climate & Environment

John Lanchbery is the Principal Advisor on climate change at the RSPB and a lead member of the BirdLife International team on climate change. At the conference he shared his insight on the COP21 Paris Agreement and what progress has been made towards the agreed goals....

Hugh Grant-Peterkin – “Groups under Pressure” & follow-up discussion

by Medact Events | Jan 9, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

Hugh Grant-Peterkin considers how psychotherapeutic thinking can help us understand our response to climate change; and opens up the session to a group discussion.

Sally Weintrobe – “Some effects of current culture on mental health”

by Medact Events | Jan 9, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

Sally Weintrobe discusses the relationship between mental health, climate change, and a culture of uncare, arguing that climate change is a symptom of a much deeper problem affecting mental health.

Bryn Kewley – “Warm Homes, Healthy People”

by Medact Events | Jan 5, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

Adam Payne – “Feeding the 9 Billion”

by Medact Events | Jan 4, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

Paul Ekins – “Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Health Benefits and Co-Benefits”

by Medact Events | Jan 4, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

Slides available to download

Brenda Boardman – “Warm homes, healthy people”

by Medact Events | Jan 4, 2017 | Forum, Talks, Climate & Environment

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