The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26) took place from 31 October to 12 November 2021. Some experts have claimed that COP26 finally framed climate change as a public health issue, and that message resonated more than it has in previous years. For the first time, the World Health Organisation sponsored a … Continued
Author: Michael Chang MRTPI, HonMFPH. Programme Manager for Planning and Health at the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities*. Views are personal. The effects of our changing climate should concern us as an environmental justice and health inequalities issue, where joining up spatial planning and public health actions can be an effective intervention. The … Continued
Sara Peacock, Tracy Evans, Debbie Worland and Richard Lewis talk about this new sustainable development resource, on behalf of Public Health Wales’ Health and Sustainability Hub In Wales, we are responding to our Well-being of Future Generations Act by ‘doing’ sustainable development to tackle and mitigate against global public health challenges including poverty, health inequalities … Continued
Key facts Global temperatures are estimated to have already increased by 1.0°C above pre-industrial levels. There is a high degree of probability that global temperatures will reach 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels between 2030 and 2052 if the current warming rate continues. Even if global warming were stopped today, the repercussions of warming to date will … Continued
Key facts Climate change is already impacting population health and wellbeing and, in the coming decades, could result in a substantial annual global death toll and affect the health of millions. It already affects several social and environmental determinants of health, such as clean air and availability of sufficient food. Unless something is done now, … Continued
Mark Kemp, Chair of ADEPT’s Transport and Connectivity Board In April, the Government announced ambitious new targets to speed up the target to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. Active travel – defined as ‘non-motorised forms of transport that involve physical activity, such as walking, cycling and manual scooting’ – will play an integral … Continued