The Health Practitioner’s Guide to Climate Change To be published by Earthscan in September 2009
Launch hosted by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Book sponsored by the National Heart Forum and the National Social Marketing Centre to reduce retail price to £18.99 'Climate change is the greatest public health disaster facing us today and one that requires action at local, national and international level. Only by firm and decisive action now can we, as a global community, hope to avert or mitigate an impending public health catastrophe of immense proportions.' Presidents of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the British Medical Journal ‘This book is a wake-up call for all health professionals’. Professor Ian Gilmore, President, Royal College of Physicians Date: Wednesday 7th October 2009 Time: 5:00 –7:00 pm Venue: 15 Hatfields, London, SE1 8DJ www.15hatfields.com (Closest stations: Waterloo, Blackfriars, London Bridge and Southwark) By invitation only - please contact Jenny Griffiths [griffhobbs AT aol.com]
MORE THAN A BOOK LAUNCH! The event will include:
- Discussion with the authors of the health impacts of climate change and the health gains from reducing it – and particularly the practical actions we can all take
- How health professionals can influence the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, December 2009, an unrivalled opportunity to improve human health and social justice around the world
- Networking and information sharing