Greta Thunberg has accepted an Honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health. This demonstrates the urgent need to put the climate crisis and protection of our ecosystem at the […]
Climate change
Richard Smith: Progress towards a carbon net-zero NHS
Last week the Climate Change Committee (CCC) reported that the UK government is making poor progress with its aim of achieving carbon net-zero by 2045. The report also showed that […]
Julian Sheather: Post Growth—why health is central to a sustainable economy
In his fascinating new book Post Growth, Tim Jackson, director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, asks a disarmingly straightforward question: how are we to live well […]
Julian Sheather: Time to address the climate emergency in the medical curriculum
I logged on to a fascinating webinar recently—medical education and climate change at the Royal Society of Medicine. As the Lancet’s 2020 Countdown on health and climate change put beyond […]
Infusing climate change and sustainability into the medical school curriculum
James Bevan and Paul Roderick share how the University of Southampton School of Medicine is preparing medical students to practise sustainably […]
Covid is a prelude to the climate catastrophe and we are not learning fast enough
Covid-19 should have taught us lessons for the unfolding climate crisis. But sadly, thousands of avoidable UK covid-19 deaths have not been sufficient. In particular, we have not learnt that […]
Richard Smith: A eulogy for trees and humanity
“Words strikes him as a ruse. His maize and beans and squash—all growing things alone disclose the wordless mind of God.” This doesn’t seem like a good place for a […]
How the NHS can help tackle the mental health crisis posed by the climate and ecological emergency
The devastating effects of the climate emergency are increasingly apparent for all to see. Rising temperatures, bush fires, floods, droughts, dying ecosystems and degrading soil demonstrate each day the extent […]
Richard Smith: Eight-year-olds protest about climate change and the destruction of nature
Thomas Gomersall and four friends, all eight-years-old, recently organised a march to Islington Town Hall to call for action on the climate crisis. Later they organised a cake sale to […]
President Biden’s leadership on climate must be supported and applauded by health professionals
Today is Earth Day and Joe Biden, the US President, has invited leaders of 40 countries to come together for a two day zoom conference to discuss the climate emergency. […]