3337 signers since Oct '08
Calling all health professionals
What is the council?
The Council is an international organisation and part of a registered charity, Knowledge into Action. Our aim is to mobilise health professionals across the world to take action to limit climate change, a serious threat to human health. Any health professional and any health or health care organisation can become a member. You can view our constitution, and the board members.
What does the Council do?
To achieve its aim, the Council’s members take action in five main ways. We
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Inform about issues related to climate change and global health
Affirm our beliefs on a personal and professional level
Advocate a global framework for action
Innovate by developing and supporting new solutions
Disseminate key information to those in a position to help
Join us by: Signing up to the Declaration, and contributing to the five actions.
CARBON CAP and TRADE: Measure your CO2 emissions and join the CAP and TRADE scheme
Carbon Cap and trade — the How, the Why and the What
- How to join the carbon trading scheme
- Why get involved?
Carbon cap and trade is the local manifestation of Contraction and Convergence (C&C). The Climate and Health Council believes C&C is the most feasible present option for controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide levels whilst also delivering resources to give poorer countries development headroom. read more - What is involved
The process of joining the group enables us to assess our personal carbon footprint, using the UK govt tool (There are many carbon footprint tools, each reflecting different proportions of our carbon emissions. The UK govt one concentrates on carbon emissions related to our own domestic energy use and personal travel, and is now widely used). read more
TEN PRACTICAL ACTIONS FOR DOCTORS
The Climate and Health Council and the Health and Sustainability Network have prepared a short paper proposing Ten Practical Actions for Doctors to Combat Climate Change, which was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2008;336: 1507).
The Ten Practical Actions reflect the Climate and Health Council framework: Inform, Affirm, Advocate, Innovate and Disseminate. The primary focus is on action by doctors as health professionals, as well as citizens. The estimates therefore concern mainly action in the workplace (hospital or general practice). We have deliberately suggested actions that require little or no money.
Click here to read a summary of the proposed actions, as well as a first attempt at calculating the potential tonnes of carbon that might be saved from the 'affirmative' group of actions.