Want to get active fighting Climate Change, but need some inspiration on things to do, people to talk to and a large dose of Climate Joy?

Your ears are in the right place.

We talk to the incredible medical students:
MEHAJABEEN FARID,
MARINA POLITIS,
&
LIZZIE O'BRIEN.

They are fighting Climate Change. This wide-ranging discussion covers COP26, activism, medical education, Climate anxiety, Climate Joy, the pressure on the younger generation, and how YOU can get involved.

LJ and Barney also discuss tips on talking to work colleagues and the next climate challenge!

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With hosts Dr LJ Smith & Dr Barnaby Hirons 

Feel even more anvious about the climate crisis after the termostat hit 40 degrees? Your ears are in the right place.

LJ interviews the inspiring Dr. Rosie Spooner

We cover:
How the climate crisis will affect children and their health
How to talk about the climate crisis with children
How to find hope while facing the climate crisis.

The CliamteZone team then discuss their latest challenge: try and cut out fast fashion!

Excellent links for you to browse, amuse and amaze:

• Children, Cities and Climate LSHTM Report
• RCPCH position statement on the impact of climate change on global child health
• A coping review of climate change and child health

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With hosts Dr Katia Florman, Dr LJ Smith, Dr Jonathan Hudson & Dr Barnaby Hirons 

Want to do more to combat climate change but current events and your state of Weltshmerz is holding you back?  Do you need some positive practice-changing, actionable advice?
Your ears are in the right place!

LJ and Katia interview the brilliant Dr Alex Wilkinson.

We cover:
The huge carbon cost of inhalers.
The key stats and evidence.
Why change is needed and how to make it.
Barriers to change and how to overcome them.

With Barney & Jon we discuss our latest climate challenge- contacting MPs about a Climate Issue- hear how we got on and get advice on how to proceed.

Excellent links for you to browse, amuse and amaze:
Alex's articles:

• The environmental impact of inhalers for asthma; a green challenge and a golden opportunity.
• Costs of switching to low global warming potential inhalers. An economic and carbon footprint analysis of NHS prescription data in England.

Other great links:

• BBC Inside health interview (with Alex)
• Green Inhaler website
• PrescQIPP inhaler carbon footprints
• Openprescribing - local data with benchmarking for MDI/DPI use
• GP network Greener Practice: resources relevant to both primary and secondary care

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With hosts Dr Katia Florman, Dr LJ Smith, Dr Jonathan Hudson & Dr Barnaby Hirons with amazing guest Dr Alex Wilkinson

Listen to interview with world experts on the links between climate change and cardiovascular disease.

Featuring:
Professor Annette Peters  director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Helmhotz Zentrum, Germany

Dr. Mark Miller Senior Research Fellow within the University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh.

🔗 Links:
📜 Professor Peters recent review in Nature Reviews Cardiology

📜 Study on high temperatures and MI in Germany

📜 A great British Heart Foundation air pollution resource for patients

📜 Review on cardiovascular effects of air pollution by Dr. Miller

📜 A recent NEJM article “Pollution & the Heart”

     

Trying to keep up with Climate Change facts,  but really, you want to know what you can do as a healthcare professional more than suggesting your patients should watch Cowspiracy on Netflix?

This is an interview with Climate legend Robin Stott. We cover:

• Amazing climate activist stories including his arrest with extinction rebellion - documented in this
  Lancet article: Doctors and civil disobedience.
• The successes and failures of COP26
• Climate Justice - what it is and how to solve it
• What you can do as a healthcare professional

Links:
The UK health Alliance's Editorial, published simultaneously in >200 journals including the Lancet

More on Contractions and Convergence for CO2 emissions

Wealth of resources on UK Health Alliance website including education, advice, how to talk to patients about climate etc

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