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As COP27 closed this weekend, there was welcome progress on the decision to establish a financing fund for loss and damage to address the impacts of climate change in those countries most vulnerable to its devastating consequences.

Updates, opportunities, and resources on climate action.

Thirty seven health leaders from organisations across the UK have called on COP26 President Alok Sharma to use his leadership at COP27 to put health at the forefront of discussions.

We’ve joined with members of the Healthy Air Campaign, Wildlife and Countryside Link and Greener UK coalitions to submit a formal complaint to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for breaching the legal duty to set environmental targets.

The Lancet Countdown is further evidence that not enough is being done to reduce pollution and protect health, according to health organisations who have called on the UK government to make fundamental changes to protect people and the planet.

Africa has suffered disproportionately although it has done little to cause the crisis. The damage to Africa should be of supreme concern to all nations, warn the editors.

Updates, opportunities, and resources on climate action.

Today, thirty health leaders including Presidents, Vice Presidents, Chairs, Directors, and Advisors from a number of organisations are cycling across London as part of Ride for Their Lives, a global campaign to inspire action on air pollution and the wider climate crisis.

The Green Surgery Project, supported by the Health Foundation involves key stakeholders from national institutions, aiming to produce an evidence-based guide and recommendations on how to mitigate the carbon footprint associated with surgical practice.

Updates, opportunities, and resources on climate action.

”The modern addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage.” – Dr Tedros, Director-General, WHO

A letter urging PM Liz Truss to demonstrate the leadership the world needs in taking action to minimise the harms of climate change.