Our purpose is to promote for the public benefit the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and the advancement of health in particular by:
- enabling and supporting health professionals and health bodies to promote public health in the face of climate change and related issues, and
- supporting strategies and methods of reduction, mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change which improve public health.
We lead the UK health professional response to climate change by:
- Uniting health professionals on a platform of policy and practice
- Amplifying health voices in advocating for change
- Empowering our members to champion climate action
- Enabling our members to reduce the climate impact of their activities
As a member of the Alliance, your organisation will be a member of an active group of leading health voices, demanding and delivering the urgent action that’s needed. Membership provides credibility and influence in this important area and access to:
- Intelligence and insight from the influencing work of the Alliance
- Robust and tested policy development
- Reduced duplication of effort within the sector
- Ability to respond to your own members’ demands for greater emphasis on climate action
- Opportunities to get involved in shaping policy linked to specific organisational objectives
- Partnership and knowledge sharing on best practice and challenges
Your responsibilities as a member
- Assign a lead representative from your organisation to our Council, which meets twice a year
- Assign a communications/policy lead to join our monthly policy meeting and be a key point of contact for your organisation
- Be willing to share and communicate our work to your members and other stakeholders and influencers
- Be willing to share learning with other members of the Alliance
- Be willing to support project funding when appropriate
Further detailed information about joining, including subscription fees are available via the link below. Please read this prior to submitting your application.