Join or Resubscribe to the Climate and Health Council

By signing the Declaration, and paying a nominal annual fee of GB£10 per individual, and GB£50 per organisation (see below for payment details), you will

be listed on the web page under Who is Involved
undertake to encourage others in your organisation to join
measure your own carbon footprint
be able to shape how the council tackles its task (see the Council’s constitution)
be contacted occasionally with news of important events or publications

In addition, for specific advocacy initiatives, the Council will use the membership list to demonstrate the breadth of its support.*

*Council initiatives will always be based on our declaration.

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Ten practical actions*

Inform ourselves about the basic science of climate change, the health benefits of taking action, and the urgency of doing so.
Advise our patients. Better diet and more walking and cycling will improve their health and reduce their carbon emissions.
Use less energy ourselves (and reduce costs) by more insulation in the roof, walls, and floors; turning off appliances and lights; and, where possible, reducing use of goods and services.
Drive the car less; fly less; walk or cycle more; use public transport; drive an efficient car; share cars; hold meetings by teleconference, videoconference, or webcasting; attend fewer international conferences.
Influence food menus wherever we go — ask for local food, less meat, and less processed food; a low carbon diet is a healthy diet. Drink tap water.
Advocate locally, especially in primary care, to maximise home insulation and uptake of relevant grants.
Advocate for personal carbon entitlements within an equitable, fair shares global framework, such as Contraction and Convergence.
Advocate to stabilise population — by promoting literacy and promoting women's access to birth control, through the International Planned Parenthood Federation or Marie Stopes International.
Be a champion: put climate change on the agenda of all meetings — clinical teams, committees, professional networks. Doctors can tip opinion with chairs and chief executives.
Gear up your own influence and that of all health professionals by joining the Climate and Health Council or the Health and Sustainability Network, or both.

*Taken from 'Ten Practical actions for doctors to combat climate change' J Griffiths J, A Hill, J Spiby, M Gill, R Stott BMJ 2008;336:1507. Read more.