Delivering for climate and health: insights from UK decision-makers
Action to tackle climate change can provide a range of benefits to public health including through reducing exposure to air pollution, improving the quality of homes and promoting physical activity. But how are these benefits considered in the decision-making process and do they make a difference to the overall decisions that get made?
This Grantham Institute and Centre for Environmental Policy webinar shares insights from interviews with 23 decision-makers from different levels of government across the UK to set out three key recommendations to strengthen the consideration of health in climate-related decision-making.
Speakers:
Chair: Dr Alice Bell (Wellcome Trust)
Speakers: Dr Neil Jennings (Grantham Institute, Imperial); Yogita Popat (Barnet Council); Cvetina Yocheva (National Audit Office); Dr Simon Opher MP (MP for Stroud and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Health)