Overview

In the wake of COP26, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh will be running a series of short evening webinars on climate change and health. These webinars will consider both the direct and indirect impact of the climate crisis on health as well as looking at the impact our health systems have on the climate and what adaptations we all need to consider and prepare for in our daily practice.

Over this 5 part series we will hear from colleagues and renowned experts from around the world on the impact of climate change within their own local area and beyond, health service and specialty, and the actions they, and we, need to be urgently taking.  These evening webinars which are open to all, including members of the public, and free to attend will be held on Thursday evenings at 18.00hrs – 19.30hrs (GMT time) starting on 9 December and running until May 2022

This is the first webinar in our five part series of evening webinars and we are delighted to have the following phenomenal speakers presenting on climate change and health: the big picture
 

• Professor Betsy Bradley, President of Vassar College, and previous Director of the Brady Johnson Programme in Grand Strategy, Yale University.  

• Dr Howard Frumkin, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health

• Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, Centre for Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

• Professor David Reay, Professor in Carbon Management & Education at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.

Presentations and discussion will focus on:

• The crisis we’re facing and the changes needed
• An update on COP26 outcomes
• An overview of climate change impact upon health
• Direct impacts via ecosystems and socio-economic systems
• ​Co-benefits of a net zero economy

The series will continue with four further evening webinars on: 

• Thursday 20 January 2022 - Health Systems and Climate Change 
• Thursday 17 March 2022 – Strategies for mitigation (to lesson climate change) and adaptation (to reduce its impact on our health)
• Thursday 21 April 2022 - Snapshots from around the globe
• Thursday 19 May 2022 - College action

We look forward to welcoming you to our webinars.

Regards

Education, Assessment and Training Department

• Please ensure that you do register so that we know to issue you with the relevant access information prior to the event.

• All talks will be available online for 28 days after the event, allowing all pre-registered delegates to catch-up in their own time.

• Prior to and during the event we will be taking questions via Slido, and you can submit your questions by going to slido.com using the access code #rcpeCOP26

• CPD certificates will be issued to all those who have completed the online feedback survey