Our first event Climate Change Urgency and Action: The road to a better future on 22 April to mark Earth Day.
This free seminar will feature 10 speakers from 2pm-5pm who’ll discuss why we need to take action on climate change, and how we can.
You can find out more about our Sustainability Project here.
Co-Chairs:
Sonia Roschnik - International Climate Policy Director, Health Care Without Harm
Professor Hugh Montgomery - Director, Centre for Human Health and Performance, UCL
Speakers:
Introduction
Dr Stephen Webb - President, Intensive Care Society, Consultant in Intensive Care and Deputy Medical Director, Royal Papworth Hospital
Zero-Carbon NHS
Dr Nick Watts - Chief Sustainability Officer, NHS
Sectors for action and their carbon contributions
Dr Fintan Hughes - Anaesthesiology Resident, Duke University
Power Supply
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn - Director, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources
Decarbonising Healthcare: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective
Professor Jason Snape - Global Head of Environment, AstraZeneca
Purchase and Procurement: NHS View
Trevor Payne - Director of Estates, University of Birmingham
Green Care Pathways
Dr Frances Mortimer - Medical Director, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Food
Professor Tim Lang - Professor Emeritus, Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London
Finance, Investments and Divestment
Professor Paul Elkins - Professor, Resources & Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
Offsetting
John Lotspeich - Executive Director, Trillion Trees