IDE would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the unanimous decision taken by the Irish Medical Organization to pass three historic motions in addressing climate change, which has been recognized by the Lancet as “the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century”. The motions proposed to the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) on 25th April by two NCHD (Non…
Irish Doctors for Environment stand together with other citizens across the globe in demanding change. On Earth Day we are delighted to be one of the 30 organisations, universities and associations to have signed on a Call to Clinicians to Act on Planetary Health published in the Lancet, one of the oldest and widely recognized medical journals. “Join us in…
With the release of David Attenborough’s most recent show (at the age of 93 years old!), and the recent climate change #fridaysforfreedom strikes it is a very apt month to focus on damage to biodiversity and the links to human health. As the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have highlighted how human well-being is affected by the…