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Web Event: Report from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Implications for Human Health
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Sponsored by SeaTrust Institute and IGI Global and co-sponsored by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Report from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Implications for Human Health
January 28, 2010
SeaTrust website
According to the United Nations Framework Convention in Climate Change in Stepping up International Action on Climate Change: The Road to Copenhagen, “Climate change is today widely recognized as one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. If left unchecked, climate change can seriously harm economies, societies and eco-systems all around the world, especially in developing countries.”
Dr. Lynn Wilson returned from participating in the international climate change meetings in Copenhagen to engage webinar participants in what is being called “the forgotten discussion” in the climate change equation: human health. Besides offering reflections as a representative for an admitted civil society organization in the official negotiations, Lynn shared insights from participation in working groups on climate and health, informal discussions and side events to present a picture of international collaboration and conflict, knowledge and progress in this critical scientific and policy arena. Anja Leetz with Health Care Without Harm Europe joined Lynn for this conversation. In this session Lynn and others discussed:
• Expected climate change effects on health issues throughout the world and in your backyard
• How informal talks and formal negotiations in Copenhagen affect potential agreements and outcomes
• The roles science plays, and does not play, in the negotiations and decisions
• Ways to have an impact on the conversation as an academic researcher, a scientist or a member of civil society
• How you can be involved throughout 2010 through the SeaTrust Institute/IGI Global “Consortium on Climate Change and Population Health.”
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