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Strategy Workshop: Climate and Health
Location: Medact Offices Background Medact is a London-based health charity designed to enable health professionals to act on the social, political, ecological and economic determinants of health and health inequality. […]
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Climate Science for Health Professionals – a presentation and discussion of the IPCC Working Group 1 report
Health professionals are not climate scientists. But climate science is of profound importance to health professionals. Global warming is already having a significant negative impact on human health; it threatens […]
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The Science of Climate Denialism
In a previous posting, I argued that it is important for everyone to have some understanding of climate science – which is why Medact produced a summary and discussion of the latest UN report about the physical science of climate change. I also questioned the scientific understanding of Owen Paterson, Minister for Environment, Food and…
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Typhoon Haiyan Appeal
Humanitarian aid won’t stop climate change. Thousands killed. 1.9 million displaced. Super typhoon Haiyan – which hit the Philippines in November – is only one manifestation of an extreme […]
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COP19 So Far – Typhoon Haiyan, corporate capture, and disruptive moves by Japan and Australia
The tone for the19th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19 of the UNFCCC) was set by the Philippines’ lead negotiator, as he spoke […]
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Continuing Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
“The health consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq will be felt by the Iraqi people for years, even generations.” This report assesses the impact of the 2003 war on the environment […]
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Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
This report was released in November 2002, months before the US led invasion of Iraq. Regrettably, many of the conclusions and predictions made in the report became reality. Executive Summary […]