Royal College of General Practitioners divests from fossil fuels!
The Royal College of General Practitioners is divesting from all fossil fuels. Dr Deirdre Duff shares this exciting news.
Taking the Pulse of Hospital 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...How do UK dietary guidelines compare for sustainability?
UK dietary guidelines are designed to promote healthy eating by providing accessible advice to the public. But what we eat doesn’t only impact on our individual health, it also has much larger impacts on the health of our planet – upon which human health is...Highlights from Healthy Planet Better World
Another thank you to all our speakers, delegates and volunteers for making such a fantastic event
Hugh Grant-Peterkin – “Groups under Pressure” & follow-up discussion
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.
The Hinkley Point C decision – what nuclear energy means for health
1st October 2016: an addendum has been added to the discussion article written by Dr Frank Boulton on the potential role and impacts of nuclear power in the UK. See P.19 for additions re. the recent decision to approve Hinkley Point C. Originally published 30 August...Climate Change, Health and Global Justice
Concerns about the health impacts of climate change are growing. Climate change has very significant implications for public health and the topic is climbing higher on the international agenda. The World Health Organization (WHO) and France recently co-hosted...Global Health Professionals Call for Transition Away from Coal
Medact has joined with more than 80 global health organizations from 30 different countries – together representing more than 300,000 doctors, nurses and public health professionals…
Climate Change – health impacts & opportunities
What does the latest IPCC report mean for human health? Medact has developed its second briefing explaining the health implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation...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. Medact is developing a strategic workplan for the...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 to be an overwhelming danger to human health in the...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 Rural Affairs following his ill-judged comments on the UN report. But why is there is so much scepticism and denial about the evidence of anthropogenic global warming?