Climate change and health scorecard: What are UK professional and regulatory health organizations doing to tackle the climate and ecological emergency?

Cooke, Eleanor; Cussans, Amelia; Clack, Alice; Cornford, Chester

doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100164

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“…The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), which is a member of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC), 41 has recently undertaken a number of actions to support the climate and health agenda including: collaboration on the Green Surgery report, 42 development of a climate and health eLearning module, 43 advocacy on air pollution 44 and divestment of its financial portfolio away from fossil fuels. 45 Despite this progress, the RCOG remains a low, albeit improving, scorer on the Climate and Health Scorecard, 45 Likewise, obstetrics and gynaecology doctors should consider the non-clinical actions they can take, with suggestions outlined in Box 2.…”

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Women's health, the climate crisis and the pathway to a net‐zero health system

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Nair

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The Obstetric & Gynaecologis

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Women's health, the climate crisis and the pathway to a net‐zero health system

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Nair

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The Obstetric & Gynaecologis

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“…A total of 19 UK health organisations signed up to take part in the 2022-23 round of the scorecard, including nine medical royal colleges. This was up from the 11 that took part in the pilot scheme, the results of which were published in the Journal of Climate Change and Health in 2022 23…”

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RCGP and Faculty of Public Health top climate and health scorecard

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“…Progress is also being made in post-graduate medicine and continuing professional development. To this end, Cooke and colleagues have reported sustainability outcomes for some UK medical colleges [118], while Shah has described how the values such as inclusivity relating to planetary health education described in the AMEE Consensus Statement have been integrated into the UK's Royal College of General Practitioners curriculum to address systemic injustices such as the marginalization of certain knowledges, learning, world views or health beliefs [119]. Asaduzzamen and co-authors have published an extensive list of planetary health post-graduate and continuing professional courses, but noted that most were offered in the Global North and mainly aimed at doctors [120].…”

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The Medical Education Planetary Health Journey: Advancing the Agenda in the Health Professions Requires Eco-Ethical Leadership and Inclusive Collaboration

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Climate change and the declining state of the planet’s ecosystems, due mainly to a global resource-driven economy and the consumptive lifestyles of the wealthy, are impacting the health and well-being of all Earth’s inhabitants. Although ‘planetary health’ was coined in 1980, it was only in the early 2000s that a call came for a paradigm shift in medical education to include the impact of ecosystem destabilization and the increasing prevalence of vector-borne diseases. The medical education response was, however, slow, with the sustainable healthcare and climate change educational agenda driven by passionate academics and clinicians. In response, from about 2016, medical students have taken action, developing much-needed learning outcomes, resources, policies, frameworks, and an institutional audit tool. While the initial medical education focus was climate change and sustainable healthcare, more recently, with wider collaboration and engagement (Indigenous voices, students, other health professions, community), there is now planetary health momentum. This chronological account of the evolution of planetary health in medical education draws on the extant literature and our (an academic, students, and recent graduates) personal experiences and interactions. Advancing this urgent educational agenda, however, requires universities to support inclusive transdisciplinary collaboration among academics, students and communities, many of whom are already champions and eco-ethical leaders, to ensure a just and sustainable future for all of Earth’s inhabitants.

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Climate change and health scorecard: What are UK professional and regulatory health organizations doing to tackle the climate and ecological emergency?

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Women's health, the climate crisis and the pathway to a net‐zero health system

Women's health, the climate crisis and the pathway to a net‐zero health system

RCGP and Faculty of Public Health top climate and health scorecard

The Medical Education Planetary Health Journey: Advancing the Agenda in the Health Professions Requires Eco-Ethical Leadership and Inclusive Collaboration

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