The public health case for the Green New Deal (briefing launch)

Medact

The Health for a Green New Deal campaign seeks to build mass support in the health community for a transformative Green New Deal and to organise health workers and students to advocate for a just transition to a zero-carbon society.

The Medact Climate & Health research cluster has been working on a briefing that sets out the public health case for a Green New Deal and sets out key actions that health workers and students can take to organise.

On 8th April we held an event to launch the briefing and we heard from a range of guest speakers and Medact activists from across the country, including:

• Dr Helen Stokes Lampard – The Chair of the Academy of Royal Medical Societies, and Chair of the Board for the National Academy for Social Prescribing.
• Guppi Bola – The chair of Joint Council For The Welfare Of Immigrants and author of the influential ‘Reimagining Public Health’ report published by Commonwealth.
• Hannah Martin – co-director of Green New Deal UK who are campaigning across the UK for a transformative Green New Deal.
• Dr Andrew Harmer – A senior lecturer at the Centre for Global Public Health, Medact member and one of the briefing’s co-authors.
• Dr Anya Gopfert - A public health registrar, Medact member and one of the briefing's co-authors.