🌱 “What has nature ever done for us?”

🌍 Apart from the air we breathe, the food we eat, making us healthier—what has #nature ever done for us?

🔁 Help us celebrate nature this #EarthDay by sharing Zero Hour’s new #CANBill video.

👉 Take action at zerohour.uk

PHRC results day! 🌱🌎
1/13 Today student teams at 151 health professional schools publish their PHRC reports outlining the best (and worst) practices in planetary health education.

🧵👇Discover the most comprehensive assessment of planetary health education in healthcare.

April edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports is here!

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Sign up here to never miss out > action.ukhealthalliance.org/page/69209/sub…

100,000 people have signed the #Nature2030 letter, calling on all politicians to ditch the vague promises & commit to bold action

Together, we are demanding all Party leaders commit to 5 crucial policies for nature’s recovery by 2030🌱

Wildlife and Countryside Link

UKHACC x Ride for their Lives

Sunday 9 June 2024

During #GreatBigGreenWeek , our cycle will emphasise benefits of swapping cars for bikes for better health & environment

Come join us > ridefortheirlives.net/rides/ukhacc-r…

Ride for their Lives Richard Smith

In Conversation with Lord Stevens: Architect of the Greener NHS Plan on the challenges of health and climate change

Register to attend on 8 May at 4.30 PM at the BMA House or online.

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The BMJ Richard Smith

⚡️Voted! EU Parliament new law to reduce #Methane emissions from energy sector.
'Finally, the EU is tackling 2nd most important GHG. [This] is not only #climateaction but also improving air quality & increasing energy sovereignty..' said Jutta Paulus europarl.europa.eu/news/sv/press-…

'As an anchor institution that touches the lives of every person in the UK, the NHS must be a powerful advocate and driver for the societal changes needed to respond to the climate and biodiversity crises'
Why sustainability is critical for future proofing the NHS Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Likewise, we are delighted that Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management has joined our alliance, and the first organisation representing leaders and managers among our members. Great to have you on board Richard Smith

'Creating a fossil-free, fairer and healthier future offers immense public health benefits, both directly through local, short-term health benefits, eg transport, housing, food and cleaner air, and in terms of longer-term health gains through addressing climate change.' 👇

The BMJ Climate & Health Scorecard Initiative If your college or organisation does not belong to UK Health Alliance on Climate Change urge them to join. We now have 48 members, but some organisations are conspicuous by their absence. We all need to change, and UK Health Alliance on Climate Change can help.

September 2023 saw a huge jump in global temperature, but March 2024 has jumped higher. Is this El Nino or feedback loops kicking in? Either way we need a strong response. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Join the vote. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change

Pleased to make The Guardian online again.

We saw what one virus, COVID, did to healthcare systems. The climate and environmental emergencies will be much worse.

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Dr Paul-Enguerrand Fady Natalie Bennett Climate Emergency UK UK Health Alliance on Climate Change Richard Smith chris newman Health for XR

How are royal colleges doing in responding to the climate and health crisis? climatehealthscorecard.com/results

Pleased to have given evidence to the EFRA inquiry on urban green spaces that has now called for green spaces to be a much higher priority, reforms and greater Gov leadership to encourage more investment into and facilitation of green infrastructure.
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Proud to see so much great progress being made by UK Health Alliance on Climate Change organisations in taking action on climate change and health. Brilliant work by the Climate & Health Scorecard Initiative team too on a very valuable report.

💚 Great to see the Climate and Nature Bill #CANBill introduced to parliament to set us on a path to properly tackle the interconnected climate and nature crisis.
📢 Join Zero Hour and take action in your constituency now.
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Good Medical Practice says “doctors in particular have a duty to act when they believe patients’ safety is at risk, or that patients’ care or dignity are being compromised.” It is in this context that some doctors have taken action. Our letter to the GMC
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Feeling scared about the future of our warming planet is now part of the human condition. The greatest harm of climate change comes from its role as a ‘threat multiplier’ — for example, contributing to democratic backsliding. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
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