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A transformative Green New Deal — getting the BMA on board

by Ben Eder | Sep 9, 2021 | Events, Meetings, Online, Climate & Environment

We’ll hear from grassroots organisers within the BMA organising for climate justice and how we can get the BMA to support a transformative green new deal.

Open letter welcoming RCGP divestment from fossil fuels and calling on others to follow suit

by Deirdre Duff | Oct 2, 2018 | Sign-Ons, Climate & Environment

Medact is coordinating an open letter from GPs, to the RCGP, to congratulate them on their divestment from fossil fuels and to encourage others to divest.

Open letter to the BMA calling for action on fossil fuel divestment

by Alice Munro | May 11, 2017 | Sign-Ons, Climate & Environment

As health professionals and supporters of health divestment, we are calling on the British Medical Association to phase out its investments in fossil fuel companies and immediately commit to a fossil free future.

Medical Students call on the British Medical Association to sell fossil fuel investments

by Alice Munro | Apr 26, 2017 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Headlines, News, Sign-Ons

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...

Why the UK healthy community’s investments in fossil fuels are bad for health

by Medact Staff | Feb 3, 2015 | News, Press Releases, Climate & Environment

In a new report published today, Medact and other leading health and climate NGOs argue that the UK health community must phase out its investments in the fossil fuel industry, with air pollution from fossil fuels being responsible for approximately 5% of all UK...

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