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The Reith Lectures part 2: The great turning

  • Posted on December 27, 2020January 1, 2021
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There’s little to admire about this year’s Reith lectures, delivered by ex-governor of the Bank of England Dr (a title conspicuous in its new-found usage) Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Finance, and…

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Climate Change

The Reith Lectures part 1: Coming back to life

  • Posted on December 26, 2020May 1, 2021
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If you’ve been listening to this year’s Reith Lectures, delivered by ex-governor of the Bank of England, United Nations special envoy on climate finance and adviser to the UK Government for COP26 Dr Mark Carney,…

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Society

The social dilemma?

  • Posted on October 9, 2020December 28, 2020
  • by andrew
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When I quit Twitter on Wednesday, 0.000021% of the world’s population (7.8bn) were following me (1600 followers). You laugh, but even if you were a global health social media god with 150,000 followers, that would…

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Global Health

Who’s now not funding WHO?

  • Posted on April 16, 2020May 1, 2021
  • by andrew
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I’ve written about World Health Organisation (WHO) funding a couple of times before (see AC/VC: The shock of WHO funding and Who’s funding WHO), and it’s come up again this week because the United States,…

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Global Health

The World Health Organisation and Pandemic Politics: A reply to David Fidler

  • Posted on April 12, 2020May 1, 2021
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I’m not a big fan of David Fidler’s global health writing. Sometimes I wonder why. He was quite prolific a few years ago; less so nowadays. But given that he’s well-known, has written a lot…

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Climate Change

The imminence of climate change and the peril it presents to life or serious injury – A defence.

  • Posted on December 11, 2019December 28, 2020
  • by andrew
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I will be appearing before the City of London Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, charged under S14 of the Public Order Act 1986. This is my defence:

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Climate Change

2050 – Is the UK Government’s target for net zero carbon emissions too late?

  • Posted on July 26, 2019December 28, 2020
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If academics are good for anything (are they good for anything?), then it’s reading stuff that people are interested in (but don’t themselves have the time to read it), synthesising that stuff and presenting it…

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Climate Change

2050: Epitaph

  • Posted on June 27, 2019December 28, 2020
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The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently published its report Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming. If you’ve never heard of the CCC, it was established under the 2008 Climate Change Act…

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Climate Change

Should the WHO declare climate change a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?

  • Posted on April 9, 2019May 1, 2021
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In preparation for this year’s World Health Assembly (I will be attending again this year as a WHO ‘watcher’ with the Peoples Health Movement), I’ve been reading a couple of documents produced by the WHO…

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Climate Change

Global health and climate change: A call to action.

  • Posted on March 20, 2019December 28, 2020
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Planetary health expert Howard Frumkin tells us that there isn’t a single global challenge that can be resolved within just one discipline. “If you’re not working outside of your disciplinary comfort zone most of the…

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