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22/12/2025

Arktis har haft sitt varmaste år sedan man började genomföra officiella mätningar ⤵️

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22/12/2025

With over 30 years of experience in maternity care, Aly Kimber-Herridge has witnessed the shift from reusable tools to the widespread use of single-use plastics and the growing concerns this raises for both health and the environment.

Today, she plays a key role in advancing the Born Green Generation initiative at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, supporting safer beginnings by reducing exposure to unnecessary plastics and harmful chemicals. 🚀

In this episode of Pioneers of Safer Healthcare, Aly reflects on:
🔹 Her journey from midwife to research midwife
🔹 The urgent need to reduce plastics in maternity settings
🔹 Practical changes that are already underway at Newcastle, including sustainable surgical skin preparation and the replacement of plastic placenta bins
🔹 How evidence, collaboration, and small daily actions can meaningfully improve health outcomes and reduce waste.

Pioneers of Safer Healthcare is an interview series that highlights the clinicians driving change through Born Green Generation and advancing safer, more sustainable care from the very start of life. 🌱

Discover Aly's story here: https://borngreengeneration.org/pioneers-of-safer-healthcare-episode-4-aly-kimber-herridge-midwife/

22/12/2025

📣 Calling all health professionals! Join us for a special debrief hosted by Health Care Without Harm on the newly released Lancet Countdown Report on Climate and Health.

As the climate crisis accelerates, health system resilience and the leadership of the health workforce have never been more essential. This session will unpack the latest data and highlight actionable strategies to strengthen climate-resilient and people-centred health systems.

What to expect:
✔️ Key insights from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2025 report
✔️ Strategies to build climate-resilient health systems
✔️ How health professionals can lead mitigation and adaptation efforts
✔️ A dynamic panel discussion featuring global leaders in medicine, public health, nursing, and pharmacy

These leaders include:
* Emily Bancroft, CEO, Health Care Without Harm
* Maria Walawender, Global Research Fellow, Lancet Countdown
* Jim Campbell, Director, Health Workforce, World Health Organization
* Jacqueline Kitulu, President, World Medical Association
* Raj Shankar Gosh, Honorary Fellow, Public Health Foundation of India
* Mancharee Sangmueang-Skallevold, President, International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation
* Doriam Camacho Rodriguez, Dean of Nursing, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia; Board Member, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

📅 10 December 2025
⏰ 13:00 UTC | 14:00 CET
💻 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uVZi62jzTnuCEJt5yNCsYA #/

Interpretation available in Spanish and Portuguese.
If you can’t join live, register to receive the recording!

22/12/2025

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Årets Lancetrapport om klimatförändringarnas hälsoeffekter är dyster läsning: av 20 klimatrelaterade hälsoindikatorer har 12 nått en kritisk nivå.

19/12/2025

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The Green physician toolkit from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) brings together evidence-based guidance and case studies to help you embed sustainable practices into everyday clinical practice.

04/12/2025

Global hälsa - en praktisk guide

04/12/2025

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»Det största problemet i Sverige är värmeböljor«

04/12/2025

Hospitals generate substantial volumes of plastic waste every day, and medical textiles alone can account for up to 10% of it. Gowns, masks, drapes, and other single-use items are often made from hard-to-recycle plastics that contribute to pollution throughout their entire lifecycle.

The Reusable Textiles Revolution project is helping change this by offering a free training designed to support healthcare facilities in shifting from disposable to reusable textiles.

What you’ll learn:
🔹 How medical textiles impact the environment and human health
🔹 Reusable alternatives that reduce waste and plastic dependency
🔹 Practical strategies to implement the waste hierarchy in clinical settings
🔹 How to design circular, sustainable procurement pathways
🔹 Real examples from hospitals already making the switch

This training empowers healthcare professionals, sustainability teams, and procurement leaders to drive meaningful change, from reducing single-use plastics to embedding long-term, responsible practices across the system.

04/12/2025

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30/11/2025

On Health Day, Brazil launched the Belém Health Action Plan – the first-ever international climate adaptation plan dedicated entirely to health. A historic step forward, arriving a decade after the Paris Agreement, at a moment when implementation matters more than ever.

The plan focuses on three core areas to future-proof health systems, grounded in health equity, climate justice, and participatory governance:
1️⃣ Climate-informed surveillance and monitoring
2️⃣ Evidence-based policy and capacity building
3️⃣ Innovation, digital health and resilient supply chains

This momentum has been building in recent years – from the COP26 Health Programme and ATACH, to the UAE Declaration on Climate & Health at COP28. With the latest The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change confirming climate change is already harming health worldwide, the Belém Health Action Plan signals a decisive shift. Health is no longer an afterthought; it’s a driver of climate action.

Our team will continue to support European health facilities and systems in adapting, decarbonising, and implementing these changes in practice.

👉 One example of this work in action: Tomorrow, 20 November, we will be at the COP30 Health Pavilion session “Three Horizons for Health: Pathways to Net Zero and Resilient Care”.

Addressing the implementation gap in healthcare climate action, our Senior Climate Officer Andreas Ekvall will present practical pathways to achieving low-carbon, net-zero health systems. He'll discuss integrating resilience, mitigation, and equity, as well as strengthening national and local delivery capacity.

29/11/2025

🇧🇪 Hospitals across Belgium are building practical skills to reduce their carbon emissions.

Over the past year, 12 members of the Global Green & Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) network representing 94 healthcare facilities took part in the fourth Carbon Management Mentoring Programme, developing practical skills to calculate, manage, and reduce their climate impact.

Supported by HCWH Europe and mentor hospitals from Spain and Estonia, participants developed competencies to:

✅ Analyse greenhouse gas inventories
✅ Set realistic mitigation targets
✅ Implement carbon management plans

This month in Brussels, the cohort gathered to share progress, exchange best practices, and reflect on lessons learned. As this year’s programme cycle wraps up, we’re proud to see stronger foundations for climate action taking root across Belgium’s healthcare sector!

Thank you to our participating mentors and mentees for their efforts to decarbonise healthcare in Belgium.

29/11/2025

Antimicrobial resistance is accelerating faster than our political response.

Each year, it already claims thousands of lives, and without urgent, coordinated action, AMR could cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050, the equivalent of the entire population of Portugal.

As we enter the European Antibiotic Awareness Day and World AMR Awareness Week, we launch a series featuring voices from the European Parliament calling for urgent, bold and cross-sectoral action.

💬 As Tiemo Wölken, Co-Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR, states:

“We must create effective incentives for developing new antimicrobials, strengthen public awareness, and invest in strong preventive measures. Promising tools such as bacteriophages and rapid diagnostic testing can also reduce misuse, guide targeted treatment, and preserve the effectiveness of existing drugs. Time is running out, and only a unified international commitment can protect future generations from the devastating impacts of resistant infection.”

🇪🇺 💊 Coordinated by Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the MEP Interest Group on AMR champions EU policies to tackle antimicrobial resistance, bringing together policymakers, public health experts, and environmental stakeholders to integrate sustainability into healthcare R&D – ensuring innovation protects for both people and ecosystems.