As I sat in the enormous main hall of BMA house yesterday at the BMJ’s conference ‘Health and Security perspectives on Climate Change’, on Monday, Thailand was beginning to come to terms with the worst floods in several decades, with at least 315 dead and the finance minister predicting 1-1.7% of Thai growth lost and a cost of $3.3bn in reconstruction.
A one-day conference organised by the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), with support from the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network
Tar sands oil extraction projects, which have major negative health effects for local communities, as well as contributing to fossil-fuel dependent lifestyles and the negative effects of climate change on health.
This was highlighed at Climate Camp held at the RBS HQ, Edinburgh. RBS are a major investor in tar sands projects.
This blog was posted in the BMJ on 15.3.10 and describes the video conference held on 12th March between the RCOG, RCOCH and RCM on global maternal and child health and climate change.
Discussion on finding the right words to promote carbon reduction and sustainability in the NHS, particularly the negative connotations of the word efficiency.
