Modelling the Health Impacts of Climate Change
A new report suggests that more needs to be done to adapt systems models to adequately reflect the dangers posed to human health by climate change. Most research on the impacts of climate change has...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Focussing on UK Air Pollution
According to the European Environment Agency, nearly 3,000 Londoners die every year from inhaling particulates, airborne particles emitted mostly by car exhausts. Six months ago, the European...
View ArticleA dose of nature
The results of a meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Essex show that a ‘dose’ of nature is good for your health and well-being. Professor Jules Pretty and Dr Jo Barton analysed...
View ArticleHealth and Security Risks of Climate Change
The British Medical Journal is organising a briefing event for a small audience on the ‘Health and Security Risks of Climate Change’. This event, organised in partnership with the Climate and Health...
View ArticleNatterjack toad threatened by UK drought – intensive conservation efforts...
The persistent dry weather which has led to the current hosepipe ban in South East England is also threatening the future of one of Britain’s rarest amphibians, the natterjack toad. With fewer than 50...
View ArticleA healthy environment for a healthy population
The link between the environment and health has been acknowledged as long ago as the 19th Century when Edwin Chadwick made the connection between poor health and sanitation in London, leading him to...
View ArticleDefra Consults on New Indicators to Measure UK’s Progress on Sustainable...
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has launched a new consultation to gather responses to a set of proposed Sustainable Development Indicators designed to help measure the UK’s progress towards...
View ArticleHow well can ecosystems contribute to human health and wellbeing?
In a workshop held yesterday at INTECOL by the Natural Capital Initiative, healthcare professionals and ecologists came together to discuss the links between ecosystems and human health. Such work is...
View ArticleNature, biodiversity and human health: how strong is the evidence?
In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the vital links between the natural environment and human health and wellbeing – one of the BES’s policy priorities. The UK Government’s Natural...
View ArticleThe environment: how do we engage and what do we gain?
Over recent years, research has increasingly emphasised the importance of the natural environment in enhancing human health and wellbeing- one of the BES’s policy priorities. Previous work suggests...
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