On Saturday 5 December 2009, ahead of the crucial UN climate summit in Copenhagen, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life will flow through the streets of London to demonstrate their support for a safe climate future for all.
Part of a global series of public actions, The Wave will call on world leaders to take urgent action to secure a fair international deal to stop global warming exceeding the danger threshold of 2 degrees C.
The Wave, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, will show mass support by people from all backgrounds for a better, low carbon future for the UK and the world.
We want the UK Government to show leadership at Copenhagen. We want them to Protect the Poorest, Act Fair & Fast, and to Quit Dirty Coal now, to inspire the deal the world needs..
Join The Wave - the UK’s biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate change.
Each month Earthscan will offer a free one-hour webcast on a different topic giving viewers the opportunity to learn from, and interact with, leading authorities from a range of different fields.
At this webcast event Fiona Godlee and other leading figures will be discussing the impact of the Age of Stupid film and how much the NHS has to gain from taking climate change seriously. The panel discussion will be followed by a brief Q&A session.
This is an open meeting of public health educators in undergraduate medical education. It is the fifth in a series of annual meetings at which teachers in public health and related disciplines from medical schools across the UK share their ideas and expertise to enhance public health learning.
This year’s theme reflects a growing concern about the place of education around climate change and environmental sustainability in the public health curriculum for doctors.
The food we eat in the UK contributes around 19% of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At a global level, the overall contribution made by the food system is more significant still.
This seminar looks at how and why these emissions arise, considering both the impacts of different life cycle stages (from agriculture through to cooking at home) and of different foods types.
The focus of the conference is “the view from the bridge in 2035”. We will be using that vantage point to better understand what we as practitioners, policy makers and academics should be focussing on now to create more sustainable, healthy communities and organisations.
This afternoon seminar, hosted by LSx (the London Sustainability Exchange) will explore the latest developments in reducing the environmental impact of London's food and drink sector, sharing the learning from 'Greener Food', the first pan-London project to systematically green this sector.
This workshop will take a social marketing approach to Climate Change communications and will familiarise you with the Defra’s Pro-Environmental Behaviours framework.
The session will combine presentations, with discussions and small group work.
A participative workshop on tackling climate change - an opportunity to offer mutual support, share learning and develop skills. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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ok, a trailer for a must see film. Following the events at copenhagen this week, where scientists are discussing the latest trends in the climate), the time for action is now. This file is being shown all over the contry in majortowns and cities. See further details
Medsin's Healthy Planet student organisation, in collaboration with the UCL Centre for International Health and Development, is hosting a one day conference on climate change and health with a particular focus on advocacy.We expect around 70 student delegates to participate in the day.
In the morning we will take them on a brief tour of climate change and health – the physical sciences, the global health impacts, and the health co-benefits of carbon reduction.
In the afternoon we will look at different types of advocacy across the different health professionals – the role of academics, the importance of mobilisation of the health profession, and putting ideas into practise with strategies such as the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy.
We will also be running several workshops to give students a chance to explore their particular areas of interest. These can be based on anything from communicating climate change, to environmental law, to how to green your doctors’ mess.
“We believe that human health must be at the heart of action on climate change. It must be embedded in the political debate, in strategies to change how we live and in how we plan for the future”
CIEH President, November 2008
