Our Centre members participate in a wide range of external activities with other researchers, policy and decision makers, and the general public.
For the first time, researchers from across West Africa will come together to present the latest evidence at our inaugural Planetary Health Conference 2020, co-hosted with MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM.
Rosie Green, will be one of the voices advising Parliament on the UK's first nationwide citizen's assembly on climate change.
We co-hosted a side event at COP25 2019 entitled "The imperative for urgent action to protect health." Centre members Professor Sir Andy Haines and Pauline Scheelbeek were part of the panel discussion.
Centre Director, Professor Alan Dangour, chaired the discussion on the 2040 Film at this year's Global Health Film Festival.
Professor Alan Dangour spoke on "Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems" at Food Matters Summit in London, UK.
Past Engagement
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28, 29 October 2019 - Sir Andy Haines spoke at two panel sessions on 'Environmental Threats, Challenges and Solutions for the Next Generation' and 'Science Guiding Policy and Practice' at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany.
17 October 2019 - Prof Alan Dangour participated in a panel session at Concern Worldwide’s event ‘Climate Change and Hunger: how can we nourish the world’s poorest people whilst protecting the planet?’ at London City Hall, London UK.
In the news
Climate change could cut fruit production by almost a third, study warns - The Telegraph, 20 December 2019
The world must recognise that climate change is a health as well as an environmental emergency - The Telegraph, 3 December 2019
How climate crisis is accelerating the global spread of deadly dengue fever - CNN Health, 19 September, 2019
As the climate shifts, Central America confronts a deadly dengue outbreak - Reuters, 28 August, 2019