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Cancun Statement: Climate Change and Health, The Time to Act is Now
HCWH International –
Leaders from different organizations presented a Declaration Statement
on Climate and Health, asking negotiatiors at COP16 to take into account
the significant human health dimensions of the climate crisis along
with the health benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation
policies. more
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HCWH and Partners’ Joint Letter for Negotiators in Cancun
HCWH International – Health
Care Without Harm, Health and Environment Alliance and Climate and
Health Council, together with some of the world’s largest medical,
nursing and health organizations are calling on world leaders to take
bold action to address climate change. They stress that failure to do
so will result in widespread suffering and death. more
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Health Day at COP16 - Health Professionals Say: Don't Forget the Health Dividend
HCWH International – The
"Cancun Climate and Health Statement" launched during Health Day at COP
16, calls on negotiators to consider the "real costs" of climate change
and the benefits of strong action by taking the human health dimension
into account. more
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Message to EU Delegation: Don't Forget the Health Dividend
HCWH Europe – A "Cancun
Climate and Health Statement" to be announced today, during Health Day
in Cancun, highlights the benefits to health of strong climate change
policy. It has been sent to European Union delegates and members of the
European Parliament delegation taking part in the climate change talks
in Mexico. more
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Health and Fiscal Co-benefits of Emissions Reductions: Summary for Negotiators
HCWH Europe – Health Care
Without Harm Europe, together with the Climate and Health Council and
the Health & Environment Alliance, presented a one page briefing for
negotiators on climate in Cancun, Dec. 2010. This briefing states
clearly the health and fiscal co-benefits of emissions reductions. more
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Climate Change TV: Michael Willks and Pendo Maro
Climate Change TV – Michael
Wilks – President Standing Committee of European Doctors – and Pendo
Maro – Senior Climate and Energy Advisor, Health Care Without Harm –
talk about how investment in reducing greenhouse gases produces
immediate and lasting benefits to health. more
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| Other Climate and Health News |
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"Climate Change Could Give You Cancer": UN Report Warns of Deadly Pollutants From Glaciers
The Daily Mail Online –
Melting glaciers and ice sheets are releasing cancer-causing pollutants
into the air and oceans, scientists say. The long-lasting chemicals get
into the food chain and build up in people's bodies - triggering
tumours, heart disease and infertility. The warning comes in new
international study into the links between climate change and a class of
man-made toxins called persistent organic pollutants. more
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"Climate Change and Health: Time For a New Narrative", by Michael Wilks
British Medical Journal Blog
– Michael Wilks attended the Cancun meeting as part of a health
professional and environmental group. Michael Wilks attended the Cancun
meeting as part of a health professional and environmental group. In
this editorial, Wilks emphasizes the benefits of actions to reduce
greenhouse emissions and how these improve health and reduce healthcare
costs. more
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New Study on the Impacts of Climate Change on Health by DARA and the CVF
DARA International –
Released last week, the Climate Vulnerability Monitor points out that
there could be 5 million climate deaths by 2020 increased the pressure
on the delegates here. The Climate Vulnerability Monitor is the first
definitive study on the impacts of climate change on human health was
produced by DARA a leading humanitarian research organisation in
conjunction with the Climate Vulnerability Forum (CVF). more
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World Health Organization in Cancun: Health in the Green Economy
WHO International – WHO's
Health in the Green Economy series, is reviewing the evidence about
expected health impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in light
of mitigation options for key economic sectors. more
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