What does it cover?
This one day course shows how climate change affects health and what you can do now to reduce the threat to health.
Information:
- The facts about greenhouse gas emissions
- The health impacts of climate change, in the UK and around the world
- Health and the natural environment
- The health benefits of action on climate change – such as reductions in health inequalities, heart disease and cancer
Action:
- How to influence national and international policy
- Planning a healthy, sustainable, low carbon community
- Reducing your own carbon footprint
- How to help others change their behaviour
- Action in the community
- How to help organisations take action
Who is it suitable for? Any health practitioner, working in any setting, with an interest in making a difference. Special offer! Book for the first training date (2nd February 2009) of this new programme and receive a FREE copy of the recently published book, The Health Practioner’s Guide to Climate Change.
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