Medact Gathering 2020 [POSTPONED]
After careful consideration and consultation, we have now decided to postpone our upcoming Health Justice conference in light of the current situation regarding Coronavirus.
Showing that the health community supports the Student Climate Strikers – September Actions
We’re asking members of the healthcare community to support the Student Climate Strikers during a global week of action from 20th to 27th September.
Divestment in Dorset – the impact of climate change on global health equality
Working or studying in health? Worried about the impact of climate change on global health? Do you want to learn more about how YOU can influence your local government to move away from investment in fossil fuels? (Divestment) Join us to find out about Medact’s...Ask the Royal College of Physicians to stop investing in fossil fuels
Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians are co-ordinating this letter to the college President and Treasurer encouraging them to end the college’s investment in the fossil fuel industry.
Call on East Riding of Yorkshire County Council and East Riding of Yorkshire County Council Pension Fund Committee to go #FossilFree
Healthcare workers are calling on the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council Pension Fund Committee to divest from fossil fuels.
Fighting Fracking and Fossil Fuel Divestment – how health professionals can help build a Fossil Free world
Join global health charity Medact and Concerned Health Professionals UK for an afternoon of talks and workshops in Leeds. We’ll explore how health professionals can help build a fossil free world and discuss our role in campaigning against fracking and...Call on Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, to clean up Bristol’s unhealthy air
Medact Bristol is co-ordinating a letter calling on the Mayor of Bristol, Martin Rees, to act to protect our health and take serious action on air pollution
Leading UK Public Health body ends investment in fossil fuel industry
The UK Faculty of Public Health has ended all investment in gas, oil and coal companies. In doing so it highlights the health impacts of fossil fuel driven climate change. Our Fossil Free Health campaigner, Deirdre Duff, shares the news.
British Psychological Society divests from gas, oil and coal
The British Psychological Society is divesting from fossil fuels! It joins a growing number of health organisations that are cutting ties with gas, oil and coal. Dr Deirdre Duff reports on their divestment decision.
Open letter welcoming RCGP divestment from fossil fuels and calling on others to follow suit
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.
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.