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NHS England Net Zero Carbon Emissions Commitment Sets Example For Health Services Around The World
Friday, 2 October 2020, 9:16 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Responding to today’s announcement by England’s National Health Service (NHS) of its commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) Executive Director Jeni Miller said [1]: “NHS England’s ... More >>
UNGA: Govts Must Take Decisive Action By Matching Carbon Targets With COVID-19 Recovery Packages
Friday, 25 September 2020, 5:27 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Responding to the statement by UN Secretary General António Guterres that “we need sustainable COVID-19 recovery plans that tackle climate change” during the September 24 High-Level Climate Change Roundtable at the UN General Assembly [1], ... More >>
Webinar: Ahead Of G20 Finance Meeting, Health Community Calls For Prioritizing Public Investments
Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 6:25 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
WHO representatives, economist, to address climate, health and covid response ahead of finance ministers meeting Ahead of this month’s G20 Finance Ministers meeting (July 18-19), WHO representatives, an economist with COVID19 recovery expertise and ... More >>
Over 40 Mn Health Professionals Urge G20 Leaders To Put Public Health At Core Of Covid-19 Recovery
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 6:42 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Over 40 million doctors, nurses and other health professionals from 90 countries, including many working on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic, sent a letter today to G20 leaders urging them to put public health at the centre of their economic ... More >>
Global Health Community Condemns Move To Weaken Environmental Standards Hiding Behind Covid Pandemic
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 8:02 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) criticised the latest moves by governments in the US and Canada to roll back key components of national environmental policies, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and a need to stimulate the economy . There are concerns ... More >>
COP25 is a failure of leadership of historical proportions
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:25 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Madrid, 13 December 2019 - The United Nations negotiations on climate change (COP25) are due to close later today in Madrid, after two weeks of talks where countries -- the big emitters in particular -- failed to put us on a path to achieve 1.5 degrees, ... More >>
COP25: Health sector denounces lack of funds
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 11:52 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Madrid, 7 December 2019 --- The global health community meeting at the Global Climate and Health Summit alongside COP25 urged governments meeting at the climate negotiations in Madrid to turn words into action and start implementing measures to incorporate ... More >>
Public health faces a critical climate deadline
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 8:31 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Global emissions are reaching record levels and the last four years were the four hottest on record, with winter temperatures in the Arctic rising by 3°C since 1990. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying, forests are burned and we are increasingly ... More >>
Attempts to Hinder Climate Action Stall Progress
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:06 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Bonn, 28 June 2019 - To the dismay of health groups and over the objections of many delegations to this week’s climate talks in Bonn, negotiators failed to adopt the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special ... More >>
Health groups alarmed that countries may drop IPCC science
Monday, 24 June 2019, 7:15 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Bonn, 24 June 2019 - The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) today decried the renewed opposition by Saudi Arabia to accepting the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5C (1), ... More >>
COP24 Must Put Health First in Climate Negotiations
Friday, 14 December 2018, 12:15 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Katowice, 13 December 2018:- The Global Climate and Health Alliance today called for countries to follow through on their commitment to protect the “right to health” under the Paris Agreement, ensuring that COP24 negotiators explicitly include “health” ... More >>
COP24 Climate and Health Summit
Thursday, 6 December 2018, 10:10 am | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Katowice, 5 December 2018 :- Global health leaders and policymakers will gather in Katowice during COP24 this Saturday to address the need for urgent, health-focused action, engagement and collaboration, in the face of the greatest health threat of ... More >>
Lancet Countdown Climate and Health Report
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 12:51 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
London, 28 November 2018:- Following today’s release of the second The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change report, the Global Climate and Health Alliance called on world leaders to take the actions required to limit ... More >>
