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The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) is a British organization of several major health institutions that collectively aim to promote public health by [[climate change mitigation|combatting climate change]].<ref name="Al-Delaimy">{{cite book |last1=Al-Delaimy |first1=Wael |last2=Ramanathan |first2=Veerabhadran |last3=Sorondo |first3=Marcelo Sánchez |title=Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-31125-4 |pages=396-398 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Health_of_People_Health_of_Planet_and_Ou/T9TkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=UK+Health+Alliance+on+Climate+Change&pg=PA397&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Launch of UK Health Alliance on Climate Change |url=https://www.sduhealth.org.uk/news/441/launch-of-uk-health-alliance-on-climate-change/ |website=www.sduhealth.org.uk |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> It was formed in 2016 to lead the health profession’s response to [[climate change in the United Kingdom]],<ref name="RCP1">{{cite web |title=UK Health Alliance Against Climate Change |url=https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/about-rcp/whos-who/people/uk-health-alliance-against-climate-change |website=RCP London |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=23 October 2020}}</ref> as it was realised that health professionals have global networks, and to tackle issues pertaining to climate change, global action was required.<ref name="Smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Richard |title=Health Professionals & Climate Change |url=https://sushrutajnl.net/index.php/sushruta/article/view/72 |website=Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.38192/13.2.22 |date=24 June 2020}}</ref> It is part of the [[Global Climate and Health Alliance]], which formed in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://climateandhealthalliance.org/about/who-we-are/ |website=The Global Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Sis2019">{{cite journal |last1=Sisodiya |first1=Sanjay M. |last2=Fowler |first2=Hayley J. |last3=Lake |first3=Iain |last4=Nanji |first4=Rosemary O. |last5=Gawel |first5=Kinga |last6=Esguerra |first6=Camila V. |last7=Newton |first7=Charles |last8=Foley |first8=Aideen |title=Climate change and epilepsy: Time to take action |journal=Epilepsia Open |date=2019 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=524–536 |doi=10.1002/epi4.12359 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/epi4.12359 |language=en |issn=2470-9239}}</ref>
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) is a British organization of several major health institutions that collectively aim to promote public health by [[climate change mitigation|combatting climate change]].<ref name="Al-Delaimy">{{cite book |last1=Al-Delaimy |first1=Wael |last2=Ramanathan |first2=Veerabhadran |last3=Sorondo |first3=Marcelo Sánchez |title=Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-31125-4 |pages=396-398 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Health_of_People_Health_of_Planet_and_Ou/T9TkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=UK+Health+Alliance+on+Climate+Change&pg=PA397&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Launch of UK Health Alliance on Climate Change |url=https://www.sduhealth.org.uk/news/441/launch-of-uk-health-alliance-on-climate-change/ |website=www.sduhealth.org.uk |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> It was formed in 2016 to lead the health profession’s response to [[climate change in the United Kingdom]],<ref name="RCP1">{{cite web |title=UK Health Alliance Against Climate Change |url=https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/about-rcp/whos-who/people/uk-health-alliance-against-climate-change |website=RCP London |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=23 October 2020}}</ref> as it was realised that health professionals have global networks, and to tackle issues pertaining to climate change, global action was required.<ref name="Smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Richard |title=Health Professionals & Climate Change |url=https://sushrutajnl.net/index.php/sushruta/article/view/72 |website=Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |doi=10.38192/13.2.22 |date=24 June 2020}}</ref> It is part of the [[Global Climate and Health Alliance]], which formed in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://climateandhealthalliance.org/about/who-we-are/ |website=The Global Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Sis2019">{{cite journal |last1=Sisodiya |first1=Sanjay M. |last2=Fowler |first2=Hayley J. |last3=Lake |first3=Iain |last4=Nanji |first4=Rosemary O. |last5=Gawel |first5=Kinga |last6=Esguerra |first6=Camila V. |last7=Newton |first7=Charles |last8=Foley |first8=Aideen |title=Climate change and epilepsy: Time to take action |journal=Epilepsia Open |date=2019 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=524–536 |doi=10.1002/epi4.12359 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/epi4.12359 |language=en |issn=2470-9239}}</ref>


Other similar organisations include [[Physicians for Social Responsibility]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/> the [[American Public Health Association]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/> Australia's [[Climate and Health Alliance]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="CAHA">{{cite web |title=Climate and Health Alliance |url=https://www.caha.org.au |website=Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> the [[US Climate and Health Alliance]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="US1">{{cite web |title=US Climate and Health Alliance |url=https://usclimateandhealthalliance.org |website=US Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> the [[Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment]] (CAPE),<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="CAPE">{{cite web |title=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) {{!}} CAN International |url=http://www.climatenetwork.org/profile/member/canadian-association-physicians-environment-cape |website=www.climatenetwork.org |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> and the [[Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments]] (ANHE).<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/>
Other similar organisations include [[Physicians for Social Responsibility]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/> the [[American Public Health Association]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/> Australia's [[Climate and Health Alliance]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="CAHA">{{cite web |title=Climate and Health Alliance |url=https://www.caha.org.au |website=Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> the [[US Climate and Health Alliance]],<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="US1">{{cite web |title=US Climate and Health Alliance |url=https://usclimateandhealthalliance.org |website=US Climate and Health Alliance |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> the [[Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment]] (CAPE),<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="CAPE">{{cite web |title=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) {{!}} CAN International |url=http://www.climatenetwork.org/profile/member/canadian-association-physicians-environment-cape |website=www.climatenetwork.org |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref> and the [[Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments]] (ANHE).<ref name="Al-Delaimy"/><ref name="Maibach">{{cite journal |last1=Maibach |first1=Edward |last2=Sarfaty |first2=Mona |last3=Gould |first3=Rob |last4=Damle |first4=Nitin |last5=Armstrong |first5=Fiona |title=A Call to Action by Health Professionals |journal=Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health |date=2020 |pages=395–405 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4_33 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4_33 |access-date=19 January 2021 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en}}</ref>


==Purpose==
==Purpose==

Revision as of 17:53, 19 January 2021

UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
Formation2016
PurposeClimate change mitigation
Chair of the Alliance
Richard Smith[1]
Director
Nicky Philpott[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) is a British organization of several major health institutions that collectively aim to promote public health by combatting climate change.

In October 2019, former Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal, Richard Smith, was elected as Chair of the Alliance, succeeding professor Linda Luxon.[1]

Origin

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) is a British organization of several major health institutions that collectively aim to promote public health by combatting climate change.[3][4] It was formed in 2016 to lead the health profession’s response to climate change in the United Kingdom,[5] as it was realised that health professionals have global networks, and to tackle issues pertaining to climate change, global action was required.[6] It is part of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, which formed in 2011.[7][8]

Other similar organisations include Physicians for Social Responsibility,[3] the American Public Health Association,[3] Australia's Climate and Health Alliance,[3][9] the US Climate and Health Alliance,[3][10] the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE),[3][11] and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE).[3][12]

Purpose

The Alliance brings together doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to advocate for better responses to climate change that protect and promote public health.[13] UKHACC emphasises the health co-benefits of tackling climate change, and raises awareness about the relationship between health and climate change.[14]

Organization

In October 2019, former Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal, Richard Smith, was elected as Chair of the Alliance, succeeding professor Linda Luxon.[1] Its director is Nicky Philpott.[2]

Campaigns

The Alliance has campaigned on air pollution[15] and coal phase-out.[16] On 30 March 2017, UKHACC highlighted in a letter to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, that “more work is urgently needed to prepare the personnel, the systems and the facilities of the NHS, as well as other institutions involved in health care, for the implications of climate change.” [17][18] On the topic of coal, the Alliance has noted that coal, as a driver of climate change, damages human health indirectly by increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events like floods and heatwaves.[19]

In June 2019 UKHACC was one of several concerned environmental organisations to write to the then Prime Minister, Theresa May, urging her to urgently commit to the recommendation of the independent Committee on Climate Change for the UK to set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions before 2050.[20] On 12 June 2019, the Prime Minister responded by confirming that a 2050 target would be set in law,[21] the legislation being passed later that month.[22]

It has called for a food carbon tax on all food producers calculated according to the carbon footprint of their products.[23]

Members

Members of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change include royal colleges, medical journals, faculties and societies.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Emerging thinking of our new chair, Richard Smith". UK Health Alliance. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Torjesen, Ingrid (2 October 2020). "NHS aims to become world's first "net zero" health service by 2040". BMJ. 371. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3856. ISSN 1756-1833. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Al-Delaimy, Wael; Ramanathan, Veerabhadran; Sorondo, Marcelo Sánchez. Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health. Springer Nature. pp. 396–398. ISBN 978-3-030-31125-4.
  4. ^ "Launch of UK Health Alliance on Climate Change". www.sduhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "UK Health Alliance Against Climate Change". RCP London. Royal College of Physicians. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ Smith, Richard (24 June 2020). "Health Professionals & Climate Change". Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion. doi:10.38192/13.2.22. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Who we are". The Global Climate and Health Alliance. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ Sisodiya, Sanjay M.; Fowler, Hayley J.; Lake, Iain; Nanji, Rosemary O.; Gawel, Kinga; Esguerra, Camila V.; Newton, Charles; Foley, Aideen (2019). "Climate change and epilepsy: Time to take action". Epilepsia Open. 4 (4): 524–536. doi:10.1002/epi4.12359. ISSN 2470-9239.
  9. ^ "Climate and Health Alliance". Climate and Health Alliance. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. ^ "US Climate and Health Alliance". US Climate and Health Alliance. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) | CAN International". www.climatenetwork.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. ^ Maibach, Edward; Sarfaty, Mona; Gould, Rob; Damle, Nitin; Armstrong, Fiona (2020). "A Call to Action by Health Professionals". Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health. Springer International Publishing: 395–405. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-31125-4_33. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Climate change | The BMJ". www.bmj.com. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  14. ^ "Sustainability". www.rcpsych.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  15. ^ Castres, Pauline; Dajnak, David; Lott, Melissa; Watts, Nick (2017-06-14). "Most London hospitals and clinics exceed air pollution limits". BMJ. 357: j2855. doi:10.1136/bmj.j2855. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 28615165.
  16. ^ "Public health cannot wait until 2040, say health leaders". RCP London. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  17. ^ Staff; agencies (2016-03-30). "British health systems 'unprepared for devastating effects of climate change'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  18. ^ "UK health services unprepared for climate change, warns major new health alliance". Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  19. ^ "BMA - Move to phase out coal power". www.bma.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  20. ^ "UKHACC Calls on Government to Urgently Adopt CCC net-zero recommendations". UK Health Alliance on Climate Change. 4 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Prime Minister Theresa May responds to net-zero calls". Twitter. 12 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. "UK becomes first major economy to pass net zero emissions law". gov.uk. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Wise, Jacqui (5 November 2020). "Tax food according to its carbon footprint, health alliance urges". BMJ. 371. doi:10.1136/bmj.m4297. ISSN 1756-1833. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Members of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change". www.ukhealthalliance.org. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Members of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change". UK Health Alliance. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  26. ^ a b Abbasi, Kamran; Godlee, Fiona (23 January 2020). "Investing in humanity: The BMJ's divestment campaign". BMJ. 368. doi:10.1136/bmj.m167. ISSN 1756-1833. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  27. ^ Underwood, Lucy (30 October 2020). "Paediatricians prioritise work on the climate and health". BMJ. 371. doi:10.1136/bmj.m4236. ISSN 1756-1833. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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