Annie Quick – “Equality and Sustainability: Where does the UK stand?”
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....
David Powell – “Flowers, elephants & conflicts: Kenya’s progress on inequality & sustainability”
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...
Highlights from Healthy Planet Better World
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?”
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...
Divest Health
Our short film explains how the fossil fuel industry impacts health – directly and via climate change – and tells the story of Fossil Free Health so far. Please watch, share and get in touch with deirdreduff@medact.org to get involved in the campaign! #DoNoHarm...
Kevin Anderson – “Accelerating towards Paris: how informed hope & action can ‘Trump’ despair”
The IPCC’s latest report, and the commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement have reshaped the climate change agenda. Whilst the former establishes carbon budgets as the appropriate scientific foundation for mitigation policy, the latter...
Kate Raworth – “Why it’s time for a new version of human prosperity”
https://youtu.be/6kDFIF-pEOg Could doughnuts actually be good for us? Why it's time for a new version of human prosperity. Humanity's central challenge in the 21st century is to realise the human rights of all within the means of this life-giving planet. In other...
Solidarity Action for Aleppo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgXOH75aB0c&feature=youtu.be
How anyone can get involved with Medact
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Health Through Peace & Trident Renewal
Patrick Saunders at Fracking Masterclass
Shale Gas Production in England – report release video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9niSo7FAvpo&t=1s