The warnings about climate change and the dangers that it poses to our environment and public health have been known about for decades. Of late, the pertinent question has shifted from 'are we doing anything?' to 'are we doing enough?' At a …
“Climate change is the biggest challenge that our civilisation has ever had to face up to.” This was the opening statement from Sir David King when he delivered our inaugural Distinguished Lecture on climate change and planetary health at the …
As a title, The Significant Seven may conjure up a raft of possibilities. Of westerns and cowboys, of Enid Blyton books or who knows what else. But it’s actually how the World Health Organization has just described the gravest public …
The Evidence Review for UK’s second Climate Change Risk Assessment was published recently by the Climate Change Committee, having been developed by literally hundreds of authors, reviewers and stakeholders. There’s a wealth of information and analysis available within it, helpfully …
The 2015 COP21 Agreement in Paris showed that health professionals are increasingly aware of the impact of climate change. There is concern about the health risks of climate change, but also a growing mindfulness of the many positive health benefits …
Steve Owens, the Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management lead within PHE, explores the benefits of publicly mapping out how your organisation plans to think more sustainably. PHE has a sustainable development management plan- but what exactly does that mean? A …
In this blog, PHE's Paul Cosford and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Gina Radford welcome the progress made at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris at the end of last year. When world leaders agreed in Paris in …
Global urbanisation has occurred at an eye-watering rate over the past 60 years or so with some estimating that within just a few decades more than 65% of the planet’s population will call a city home. With these dramatic shifts …
If you’re watching your weight, the benefits of replacing some fatty and sugary foods with unsaturated fats from plant sources, sustainably sourced fish, starchy foods and fruit and veg are widely known - but are you aware that the same …
By now I hope you will have heard that the health sector has hit its first target in the bid to limit climate change. The NHS, social care, and we in the public health system have reduced our carbon emissions …
