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What is Planetary Health?
“Our definition of planetary health is the achievement of the highest attainable standard of health, well-being, and equity worldwide through judicious attention to the human systems—political, economic, and social—that shape the future of humanity and the Earth’s natural systems that define the safe environmental limits within which humanity can flourish.”
Report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health, 2015
What We Do
Change
IDE is committed to being an agent for change. We work to make the Irish healthcare system more green.
Advocacy
IDE is committed to use our position of privilege to speak out on issues related to health and the environment. We do this through Direct Action and political engagement.
Science
IDE aims to be involved in the promotion of planetary health science in Ireland. We have published papers and spoke at academic conferences.
Education
IDE is committed to educating doctors and the public on the climate crisis and its health effects. We aim to be a conduit through which those interested can learn more about the issues facing us and how healthcare and climate interact.
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This year has been historically hot, polluted and deadly. Yet global mobilisation can remind us of #climate hope. The climate movement took to the streets and won’t budge until we end fossil fuels for good.
If the planet was a person, the person would be in multi organ failure, with the remaining organs barely hanging on.
This person would require emergency intensive care.
The #ClimateCrisis and #BiodiversityCrisis truly is an everything crisis and it’s happening right now.
This is an improvement of the current layout, but only just.
This plan will leave this road car dominated, grey, and polluted.
We need radical change. This road is more than wide enough to put in much better #ActiveTransport infrastructure.
Do better.
Since publishing this statement last month, we've seen the increasing effects of the climate and biodiversity crisis on human health.
This is an everything crisis.
We call on the Irish government to declare the #ClimateCrisis and #BiodiversityCrisis a public health emergency!
Digital Data Dump Day — 19th March 2022
Our digital lives need a good Spring clean like anything else!
Mar 19, 2022 / Read More
Taking the Pulse of COP26
The 26th Conference Of Parties at Glasgow brought unprecedented media attention to the climate crisis. World leaders, policy makers and n...
Nov 30, 2021 / Read More
Palliative Care for Planet Earth?
In medicine, there are few specialties that can hold a candle to the work of palliative care. Anyone who has lost a loved one that was ca...
Aug 09, 2021 / Read More
The Overview Effect
Modern day philosophiser Timothy Morton first used the phrase “hyperobject” with respect to the climate crisis, referring to the difficul...
Jun 11, 2020 / Read More
Cork Hospital Cycleway
We would like a protected Cork Hospital Cycleway for healthcare workers and the people of Cork!
Jun 11, 2020 / Read More
Honouring Earth Day during COVID-19 — a call for a planetary health renaissance
Crises like Covid-19 demonstrate the fragility and interconnectedness of our lives, communities and the environments we share. Issues suc...
Apr 22, 2020 / Read More
In Climate Conversations we talk to a diverse range of inspirational people who share a deep commitment to their communities and the natural world that sustains them. Through engaging and broad reaching conversations with leading authors, scientists, activists and politicians we discover some of the solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises that threaten our future and learn how these solutions will create a healthier, happier and more equitable world.
Do you ever feel a little frustrated we aren't seeing the shift to sustainable transport in Ireland that we need? Ever wonder… what is the plan? We talked to John and Martin and Aoife Fleming from the Dept of Transport to ask just these questions. You might be suprised to hear just how much is planned, how much is happening and how much has been done already!
For context see below the national climate action plan
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/7bd8c-climate-action-plan-2023/
See also the national sustainable mobility policy
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And finally see link to something mentioned in the conversation, the national sustainable mobility forum in Athlone.
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/0d8cd-national-sustainable-mobility-forum-19-20-april-2023/
Athlone already has an electrified bus service and there are 35 Pathfinder programmes in total.
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/143e3-pathfinder-programme/
One final take-away. The policies aren't enough, we also need community engagement to see past local barriers and make them a reality.
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