Climate Clinic

In this episode, we speak with Gastroenterologist Dr Todd Sack, executive Director of the My Green Doctor Foundation. Todd shares with us his decades of experience in the field of climate and health, and introduces us to My Green Doctor - a transformative, efficient, cost-reducing programme available to all practices and organisations (link below).  https://mygreendoctor.org

In Episode 5, Marc and Adesh explore two articles published in the Lancet Planetary Health, that look at climate anxiety amongst the global youth, as well as the methodology of studies that assess the links between climate change and mental health outcomes.  Articles 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00278-3 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00012-2 Hosts: Marc Futernick, Adesh...

It has only been 6 weeks since our launch, and Climate Clinic has already heard from some incredible speakers! Hear our bitesize October highlights, featuring Dr Hina Shan, Professor Hugh Montgomery and Professor Raymond Vanholder. 

In the third episode of Be the Change, we speak with Dr Rengaraj Venkatesh (Chief Medical Officer at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry), about what makes Aravind a global leader in delivering Sustainable eye care, and the steps that Ophthalmic care units around the world need to be taking in order to tackle the climate crisis. 

For episodes 1-6 of Code Green, please visit their Spotify page here: Code Green: The Climate-Smart Health Professional . In this episode, we talk with Dr. Gaurab Basu about how climate change, at its core, is a health inequity multiplier and a human rights issue. Dr. Basu is a physician and the founding co-director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy i...

In the second episode of Be the Change, we hear from Professor Hugh Montgomery (University College London) about the urgency of the climate crisis, and how health professionals across the globe must make the necessary changes over the course of the coming months (and certainly well before 2050 targets), to avoid impending catastrophic losses to our health from ecological collapse. 

In our fourth episode of Be the Expert, Marc and Adesh bring you a recently published article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ), titled "Reducing the health impacts of ambient air pollution". The World Health Organisation states that over 90% of humans live in regions where air quality is harmful to our health. Tune in to hear how air pollution affects health, and how we can minimise these im...

In our first episode of Be the Change, we hear from Professor Raymond Vanholder (President of the European Kidney Health Alliance) on the exact steps that kidney care needs to take, in order to go green as part of a zero carbon future. 

In this episode, we look at how hundreds of infectious diseases that affect human health, are being driven by climate change, through various pathways - including the thawing of ice! This podcast features a great article published in nature climate change , titled "Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change". Article: Mora, C., McKenzie, T., Gaw, I.M. et al. O...

In Episode 2, Adesh and Marc explore a paper published in the Journal of Climate change and Health , which focused on the impact that climate drivers are having on women's health in the US. This Review included some great original articles, which you will hear further details about in this podcast. Check out our website for detailed show notes and links to the articles discussed! Article: Emi...

Our first episode takes us to Pakistan, where you will hear about the impacts of the unrelenting monsoon rainfall and subsequent flooding, from Dr Hina Shan (Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health, National University of Medical Sciences) and Ikram Ullah (a community member whose family have been affected by the devastating crisis). Hosted by Dr Kristie Hadley (guest interviewer: A...

IT’S LAUNCH WEEK for our new podcast, “Climate Clinic” – bringing you breaking climate and health headlines in “Be the Expert”.  In Episode 1 of “Be the Expert”, our hosts Adesh Sundaresan and Marc Futernick will dive into a Review article from the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst on how extreme heat events affect health systems, followed by a modelling study on 28 East Asian cities,...

GCCHE is proud to present Climate Clinic, a brand new podcast that will bring the latest climate and health headlines to you each week. Through four unique podcast streams, we will bring you breaking climate and health headlines, in depth discussions with experts and professionals from situations unfolding around the world,  mobilize and share perspectives from the powerful student body and f...