Divesting from Fossil Fuels/Investing in Healthy Energy
Friday, April 17, 2015
Session Description
As the public health consequences of climate change become more dire in their scope, the health sector is waking up to a new healing mission: health professionals need to take the lead on climate change mitigation and advocacy. This session will focus on how health systems and health associations are investing in renewable energy as a strategy to improve global health while divesting from fossil fuels as part of their mission-related and moral imperative.
Time & Location
Time:
11:45 - 13:00, Friday, April 17, 2015
BST
Location:
SBS, Seminar 2
Speakers
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Delegate
Gary Cohen has been a pioneer in the environmental health movement for thirty eight years. He has helped build coalitions and networks globally to address the environmental health impacts related to toxic chemical exposure and climate change. Gary is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm (www.noharm.org), and Practice Greenhealth (www.practicegreenhealth.org). Both organizations were created to help transform the health care sector to be environmentally sustainable and anchor institutions to support environmental health and resilience in the communities they serve. In 2013, he was awarded the Champion of Change Award for Climate Change and Public Health by the White House. In 2015, Cohen was named a MacArthur Fellow and was a recipient of a “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
