Impacts of medicine on climate change | Royal Children's Hospital Green Week

On this week's episode, we feature Dr. Laura Tate and Dr. Stormie De Groot in our first podcast takeover! Tune in for a truly enlightening discussion between Laura, Stormie and their special guest Dr. Karen Kiang, as they explore the contribution medicine makes to climate change, as well as the things we can do to help alter this course. 

 

This podcast was produced as part of Green Week at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.

 

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If you'd like to learn more about this topic, email: Karen.Kiang@rch.org.au

Doctors for the Environment Australia:  https://www.dea.org.au

 

Resources:

UNICEF 2021 report - climate crisis is a child rights crisis Great statistics on the health impacts of climate change on children

https://www.unicef.org/reports/climate-crisis-child-rights-crisis

 

Healthcare Without Harm Healthcare's climate footprint

https://noharm-global.org/sites/default/files/documents-files/5961/HealthCaresClimateFootprint_092319.pdf