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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency

Joint action is essential for planetary and human health Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis and must be tackled together to preserve health and avoid catastrophe. This overall environmental crisis is now so severe asContinue reading “Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency”

The cost of inaction: How tackling climate risk fuels economic prosperity

I chaired a panel at Labour Party conference 2023 on the complex financial risks resulting from the climate crisis. It was hosted by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. Speakers:

Global warming: Why focusing on 1.5C is flawed

Supercharged by record carbon emissions and an emergent El Niño, the world temporarily passed 1.5C of global heating this year. This doesn’t mean the goal to limit the rise in average global temperature to within 1.5C above the pre-industrial era average set by the Paris Agreement has been lost. That only happens when the temperatureContinue reading “Global warming: Why focusing on 1.5C is flawed “

Quote: The Telegraph

I spoke with the Daily Telegraph about how people in the UK should think about China’s record on the climate crisis. While China is a huge emitter, it is also a world-leader in clean technologies. It is installing more renewables in a given month than others countries achieve in years. This matters for the environmentContinue reading “Quote: The Telegraph”

Interview: Times Radio

I spoke with Times Radio about leadership on the climate crisis and comparisons with the mobilisations behind WWII.

Report: Leadership in the Polycrisis

Interview: How hot will London get as global temperatures rise?

I spoke with the Evening Standard about the impacts of climate change on London and what Londoners can do.

Panel: How to train future leaders

Event: Stories of 1.5°C: Dead or alive?

Comment: WHO Bulletin

Success, failure, and the imperative for justice in climate negotiations Recent United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) have demonstrated that health professionals are playing an increasingly prominent role in calling for rapid action to address the climate crisis.[1] COPs take place in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, theContinue reading “Comment: WHO Bulletin”