Hi all, A free webinar on how climate change action can benefit human health was advertised on the Students Eco-Health email list. I thought it might be of interest to some people on this email list so I copied the info from their page below.
Lauren [WEBINAR]: PERSPECTIVES ON HOW CLIMATE ACTION CAN BENEFIT HEALTH <https://copehcanblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/webinar-perspectives-on-how-climate-action-can-benefit-health/> HEAL Webinar series COP21: Perspectives on how climate action can benefit health Are you a medical doctor, nurse, or other health professional? A policy-maker focusing on health or climate issues? Interested in advocacy around international climate negotiations? Join us in this FREE half hour webinar series which features high level thought leaders and experts in climate and health. Recordings will be available for download here. What can you do to save the planet? The role of the health sector in mitigating climate change: Best practice examples from the WHO European region Tuesday, 8 September 2015 12:00 BST/13:00 CET What’s the time in your time zone? Join HEAL for a webinar with two of the members of the World Health Organization Europe’s Working Group on Health in Climate Change:Bettina Menne, Programme Manager, Climate change, green health services and sustainable development at WHO Europe, and Louise Newport, Scientific Policy Manager at the UK Department of Health. The health of Europeans is not spared from climate change. Action todaycan improve the health of today‘s and tomorrow’s citizens. There are numerous examples on what can be done by health professionals and services to tackle climate change. The presenters will illustrate success stories in action and share some best practice examples, as well as illustrate obstacles for action on adaptation and mitigation in today’s world. The WHO European region has been at the forefront of health and climate developments for eighteen years. The Working Group on Health in Climate Change, composed of representatives from the Ministries of Health and the Environment of European Member States and agencies, has been a driver for change, encouraging countries all over Europe to implement climate and health policies and providing a forum for best practice exchanges between countries. REGISTER HERE. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J3j2aZ9iC_8Dl1Dc9Y0TNnkUIaAa6GW1ir2oH1VNJ_s/viewform> -- Lauren E. Brierley Phone: 201-317-9841 Email: [email protected] Class of 2017 DVM Candidate, North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine M.S. Biological Sciences, Purdue University 2011 B.S. Biology, Hope College 2008
