From threat to opportunity: putting health at the centre of our response to climate change
This lunch hour lecture will cover the latest findings of the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, a UCL-led project bringing together over 300 researchers from around the globe.
From threat to opportunity: putting health at the centre of our response to climate change
19 Nov 2024, 13:00 – 14:00
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About the lecture:
At approximately 1.2°C of global decadal mean heating, climate change is already affecting the health and wellbeing of people around the globe. Its impacts are deteriorating the environmental, social and economic conditions on which health and wellbeing depend, and further compounding other coexisting crises. Yet, a health-centred response to climate change could not only avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, but also offer major gains to public health, saving millions of lives annually in the short-term through healthier diets, reduced air pollution, and more liveable cities. Delivering these benefits requires a major transformation of our energy, economies, and health systems.
This talk will cover the latest findings of the Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change, a UCL-led project bringing together over 300 researchers from around the globe. It will present the emerging opportunities to reduce health inequities and deliver a thriving future through health-centred response to climate change.
Marina Romanello
Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown
UCL
Marina Romanello is the Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown, and climate change and health researcher at UCL. She trained as a clinical biochemist in the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK. Romanello’s research background spans from toxicology through to environmental health and climate change, and she has previously carried out her research in the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, the University of Cambridge, and the Francis Crick Institute.
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