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Climate & Environmental Sustainability
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In 2021 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared "climate change to be the single biggest health threat facing humanity". WHO is working on a number of different initiatives to help support countries in building climate-resilient health systems. To learn more about their global response to climate change, with to help limit the social and environmental determinants of health, click on the link provided
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Climate & Environmental Sustainability
Health inequalities are exacerbated by the climate crisis. People in the most socio-economically deprived areas of the East of England will bear the greatest burden of harms. We look at some of the issues being faced by our population and what practices can be doing to help limit those harms.
The Inverse Climate Law
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The wealthiest 10% of the global population are responsible for 50% of all global consumption-related emissions. Those least likely to account for emissions are the most likely to to affected by them.
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Dr Julian Tudor Hart’s "inverse care law" outlined that availability of good medical or social care varies inversely with need. The ‘inverse climate law’ describes where those at greatest risk of the climate crisis lack resources and are least resilient to it, due to pre-existing societal inequality as a whole.
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Further Resources
• Greener Practice (www.greenerpractice.co.uk) – aimed at Primary Care
• Institute of Health Equity - Sustainable Health Equity: Achieving a Net Zero UK (UCL) report (https://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/sustainable-health-equity-achieving-a-net-zero-uk)
• The Public Case for a Green New Deal – Medact report (The public health case for a Green New Deal - Medact)
• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare – info, case studies and courses (https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk)
• Delivering a Net Zero NHS – Greener NHS England report (Greener NHS » Delivering a net zero NHS (england.nhs.uk))
• Lancet Countdown annual reports (Home - Lancet Countdown)
• E-Learning for Health - has 3x 30minute modules (New Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare elearning is available - elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk))
• Sustainability Leadership for Greener Health and Care Programme - free NHS Leadership Academy course (16 weeks) (Sustainability Leadership for Greener Health and Care Programme – Leadership Academy)
• UK Health Alliance on Climate Change – raise awareness and influence change (UK Health Alliance on Climate Change)
• GIFH Toolkit - an audit tool that also provides sustainability awards for primary care. Has lots of ideas and ready-made resources (https://www.greenimpact.org.uk/GIforHealth)