UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) brings together doctors, nurses and other health professionals to advocate for responses to climate change that protect and promote public health.
UKHACC seeks interim director
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change is currently seeking applications for a dynamic, motivated, and professional Interim Director to implement our strategy, and oversee our communications, policy and public affairs programmes.
Their role will place them at the heart of the advocacy and engagement efforts on public health and climate change, working alongside senior officers and staff from the Medical and Nursing Royal Colleges, Faculties and Societies, leading medical journals, and the British Medical Association. The successful candidate will have excellent policy, project management, and interpersonal skills, experience in strategic communications and advocacy, and a track record of building consensus and support on issues in public health. This year the Alliance’s work is focusing on issues including COP26, the food white paper, air quality, and the decarbonisation of healthcare across the four nations.
This role is for 8/9 months to provide cover until April 2022, and the successful candidate might be seconded from another organisation. The Alliance is hosted by BMJ, which provides services like finance and human resources. The deadline for applications is Thursday 29th July. To find out more, and apply visit the BMJ website.
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Our Principles for a #HealthyRecovery
Coronavirus has shown the strength of the world’s united health community. But, as we come through this, it’s vital that we don’t lurch from one health crisis to another, driven by climate change and environmental degradation. The world needs is a #HealthyRecovery – one that improves human health, and builds resilience in health systems, and in the environment upon which our health depends.
In a collaboration between medical experts amongst our membership, and climate scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, we’ve developed six principles which the UK government must follow in designing and delivering their post-Covid economic recovery package to ensure a #HealthyRecovery.
Prioritise health for people & planet. Every decision should be assessed in relation to its impact on health and climate, as much as on the economy. Measures should exceed existing commitments to protecting health and the environment. Let’s strengthen standards, not sacrifice them.
Build a resilient & sustainable economy. Rather than seeking to return to how things were six months ago, the government’s recovery measures must increase the resilience of our economy, and of our key services, social systems, population health and environment.
Accelerate carbon reduction. Recovery must be consistent with the government’s commitment to achieve carbon net-zero in the UK by at least 2050. Rather than simply avoiding carbon intensive sectors, investment must be targeted on low carbon and carbon reduction industries.
Reduce health inequalities. Covid-19 has revealed further health inequalities in the UK, and reminds us that crises do not affect everyone equally. The same is true of climate change. The government take this opportunity to close the gaps through their recovery package.
Follow the science. Recovery should draw on the insights of health and climate scientists, as well as economists. Health professionals have protected our health in the crisis, now the government must engage with them to safeguard it against the growing threat of climate change.
Recovery is everyone’s responsibility. Covid-19 has shown our capacity for collaboration across sectors. Businesses, public services, and communities have all stepped up to respond. Our recovery also needs to draw on all of the talent our country has to offer – not least from the health community.