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Real progress is needed on phase out of fossil fuels and support for vulnerable countries, write Elaine Mulcahy and Richard Smith.

Monthly edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports

As the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP16 gets underway next week, we’ve written to the Minister for Nature to call on her to set meaningful timeframes for delivery of UK promises

A new book on environmentally sustainable primary care is a practical guide for primary care to implement impactful actions that are good for the planet, good for practices, and good for patients.

A letter to the Foreign Secretary following a speech in which he said the climate and nature crisis defines our time.

In a speech delivered last week in Kew Gardens, David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, said that “action on the climate and nature crisis will be central to all that the Foreign Office does.”

In our correspondence with NICE, we say there is no sense of urgency and little progress in almost a decade.

Richard Smith joined the Ride for Ella on Saturday 7 September. In this blog he reflects on the recognition of the health impacts of air pollution since her death, the progress made and what still needs to be done.

Monthly edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports

We are grateful to Chair of the GMC, Dame Carrie MacEwen for her response to our questions

A new report by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change says the UK government must transform our energy system to one that is safer for people, and promotes rather than harms good health.

The Chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change and President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh have written to the Scottish Government expressing concern about the reallocation of funding from the Nature Restoration Fund to cover the pay offer to local government employees.