School children have taken to the street again today to protest against climate change. Hundreds of thousands of young people are estimated to have taken part in today’s school climate […]
Climate change
Richard Smith: Everybody should read The Uninhabitable Earth
Everybody reading The Uninhabitable Earth could literally (the correct use of a usually misused word) save the planet, says Richard Smith The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells is the only […]
Kate Bernard: Why medical students are joining the rebellion on climate change
On 12 April 2019 Alex Armitage wrote a powerful piece for BMJ Opinion on “Extinction Rebellion”, the environmental activist group which has been hitting our headlines for the past few weeks. […]
Alex Armitage: We have just 11 years to avert ecological and social disaster
Next week from the 15 April Extinction Rebellion activists hope to close down Central London to prompt a radical change of direction in our national conversation: away from Brexit and […]
We all have a role to play in cleaning up our air, just as we do in acting on climate change
Public Health England have recently released a new report which provides practical advice and measures to help local authorities reduce air pollution and its impacts on public health. It is […]
Gretchen Goldman: Trump pulls a page from industry’s disinformation playbook
By denying science, the Trump administration is putting lives at risk, says Gretchen Goldman […]
Climate change: Young people have recognised the impact that our inaction will have on their futures
Cycling home this week without a coat and thinking of a barbecue, one had to be reminded that it is only February. 20 degrees Celsius has never been recorded before […]
Rob Hughes: Toxic air—the risk factor we’re forgetting to ask about (and failing to fix)?
With 93% of children globally breathing toxic air, Rob Hughes says it is hard to think of a more pressing challenge for us all—and especially doctors—to engage with […]
The summer we woke up to the health impact of climate change
Climate change is something that everyone needs to take seriously, and healthcare professionals are no exception. The global weather this summer should make us all stop and think. As well […]
Laurie Laybourn-Langton: Leadership on climate change is leadership on health
The UK must commit to full decarbonisation to realise the health benefits of acting on climate change […]