There can be no doubt that the food we eat and produce has a substantial impact on our planet. Estimates suggest that food and drink production and distribution contributes 20% of UK carbon emissions every year and is the leading …
In recent months there has been a high profile outbreak of Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean, reports of invasive mosquito vectors in Paris and concerns over Zika virus emergence in the Americas. So perhaps this is a good time to …
It’s coming up to three years since Directors of Public Health and their local public health teams moved formally into local authorities. Both before and after this transition, much progress has been made towards developing creative ways of improving public …
Just last month my colleague Kevin Fenton outlined how critical good quality housing is to good public health. In a blog he championed the multi-faceted work being undertaken by PHE to reduce the impacts of poor, unsuitable housing on physical …
When it comes to emissions to the atmosphere, those from transport are considered to be a major contributor to the amount of greenhouse gases emitted. Although this is probably no great surprise to many people, what can sometimes be forgotten is …
Last month the first ever sector wide report looking at how the health and care system is preparing for climate change was published (also known as the ARP report). It was a first in the sense it looked at the …
Climate change has been a looming threat to our health for years and governments, doctors and scientists have each tried to predict what the future may hold. Here in the UK the health threats posed by climate change are not …
Health organisations and health professionals are notoriously focussed on the here and now. That's highly understandable when historically we have most often been called on to meet urgent and important demands. However, despite the world changing more rapidly than ever …
My last blog on climate change and health followed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) fifth assessment report in 2013. They confirmed the scientific evidence that the climate is changing and that this is happening more rapidly than previously …
