Chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, Richard Smith, has written to the Prime Minister to reassert concerns of the health community regarding the significant health risks associated with the Rosebank oilfield.
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change has joined with alliances representing 200 organisations calling for mandatory reporting to go beyond healthy sales to incorporate key health and sustainability criteria.
The 10 year health plan for England published this week includes a commitment to prioritise actions to deliver a net zero health service by 2040 for emissions the NHS controls and by 2045 for emissions it can influence. It says that all NHS bodies will be expected to decarbonise, reduce their environmental impact and increase resilience to climate risks.
In a letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs health organisations say the lack of representation from public health, nutrition, climate and environmental science and resource management communities is concerning.
New government guidance is an important milestone in recognising the incompatibility of new oil and gas fields with climate targets, UKHACC Director, Elaine Mulcahy writes.
