The health care sector – leading the way to the net zero carbon economy#
10 May, 2:00-3:30 pm CETWebinar
Join the live webinar on the Decarbonisation of the Health Sector on Monday, 10 May, 2:00-3:30 pm CET.#
During the webinar we will present and discuss our new joint commentary with a panel of experts from international governmental and nongovernmental organisations working on this topic.
The audience is invited to participate in the discussion through polling and Q&A.
Register today and join the debate on 10 May! Registration
Agenda#
Welcome and Introduction to the topic and EASAC & FEAM#
Presentation on principles and value of decarbonising the health sector
Professor Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Presentation of Commentary:
How can EU policy-makers help the health sector achieve ambitious targets for decarbonisation (and improving health)?
Dr Robin Fears, EASAC Biosciences Programme Director
Panel Discussion
moderated by Dr Rosa Castro, FEAM
with
Scott Brady, Climate Programme Manager, Health Care Without Harm Europe
Pascal Garel, Chief Executive at HOPE (European Hospital and Healthcare Federation)
Maria Nilsson, Professor at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University
further panelists tbc
Closing
In their latest commentary EASAC
and FEAM, representing European Academies of Science and Medicine, emphasise the responsibility of the health sector to reduce its own GHG emissions, and work with other sectors to accelerate decarbonisation of the wider economy. Read the commentary.
About the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC)#
EASAC is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland and the UK, to collaborate in giving advice to European policy-makers. EASAC provides a means for the collective voice of European science to be heard. Through EASAC, the academies work together to provide independent, evidence-based advice about the scientific aspects of European policies to those who make or influence policy within the European institutions. Drawing on the memberships and networks of the academies, EASAC accesses the best of European science in carrying out its work. Its views are vigorously independent of commercial or political bias, and it is open and transparent in its processes.
About the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM)#
FEAM is the European Federation of National Academies of Medicine and Medical Sections of Academies of Sciences. It brings together under one umbrella 23 National Academies representing thousands of the best scientists in Europe. FEAM’s mission is to promote cooperation between National Academies of Medicine and Medical Sections of Academies of Sciences in Europe; to provide a platform to formulate their collective voice on matters concerning human and animal medicine, biomedical research, education, and health with a European dimension; and to extend to the European authorities the advisory role that they exercise in their own countries on these matters.
