Saving Lives: The Health Argument for Urgent Climate Action

Climate change is having profound impacts around the world. Record temperatures, floods, and droughts are the most visible signs of climate change, yet despite the obvious connections, the effects on human health are rarely discussed. Wellcome’s mission is to put human health at the heart of climate action, and under Dr Alan Dangour's stewardship, Wellcome is using health evidence to protect lives now and into the future. In this year's Annual Sustainability Lecture, Alan explores why health evidence must shape climate action today.

In January 2022, joined the Wellcome Trust to lead its ambitious new strategy that aims to put health at the heart of global climate change action.

Alan was previously based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for twenty years, where he was a Professor of Food and Nutrition for Global Health and Director of the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health. Alan led an interdisciplinary team working on the interconnections between environmental change, food systems and health.

Familiar working in national and international fora, Alan was an Expert Advisor to the Environmental Audit Committee of the UK Parliament and a Senior Research Fellow at the UK Department for International Development.

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This event is organised under the Wolfson College Research Network’s Sustainability and Conservation Network in celebration of World Environment Day.

This event will take place in the Lee Hall which has step-free access and an accessible toilet.

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