Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, 108 Stamford Street, South Bank, London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
The healthcare sector has a considerable impact on the environment. It has been estimated that the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the NHS are 2.8 million tonnes of CO2e per year. Moreover, the provision of healthcare contributes to air and water pollution.
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 in line with UK government targets, every organisation and specialty will have to play its part.
The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Climate Change, Clean Air and Fossil Free Health – Why & how health professionals can use divestment as a powerful tool to fight climate change and protect health
The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Climate change threatens to undo decades’ worth of global health gains, but the health community can help stop this. This event will explore the connections between climate change, fossil fuels and human health. We’ll analyse why – and how – the health community can give crucial support to the fossil fuel divestment movement, as it fights the root cause of climate change.
Nature-based solutions for health and well-being – Aspects of promotion, prevention and intervention
The 14th IPPS that for the first time will take place in Scandinavia ,in Malmö, Sweden on October 11-13 2018. The official host of the symposia is The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, dept. Work Science, Economics and Environmental psychology, in collaboration with the International People Plant Council.
