IDE are on hold at present as we wish to maintain and uphold our standards as medical professionals. As of March 15 2020 we advise following the HSE guidelines around COVID-19https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html As medical professionals working across different sectors in different capacities, we ask that you are patient with the HSE during this difficult time.
This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! To have a 67% chance of staying below a 1.5 degree global temperature rise—the best odds given by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]—the world had…
Not only do heatwaves cause significant distress amongst the more vulnerable populations including young children and the elderly (1), they are also very dangerous for the general population health. They impose a serious risk in an increased strain on our (struggling) emergency departments and GP services. The impact of rising temperatures on health includes: Increased dehydration Higher risk of cardiovascular disease & strokes …
“Plastic Free” may sound intimidating yet similar to any beneficial health change, if it is taken in small steps – it will have a significant impact. And while we wait for corporations, society and governments to change, we believe at IDE “If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem” and would like to invite you to take participate…
Not only does transport emission contain pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxides, carbon monoxide, benzene and toxic metals, but these chemicals are proven to cause and worsen – cardiovascular disease respiratory disease well known carcinogens neurodevelopment of new-borns and children Recent evidence also suggests an association between air pollution and the development of type 2 diabetes, obesity and dementia.
The release of the UN Biodiversity Report this week* examines the change in the seas as one of the five main drivers of “unprecedented” biodiversity and ecosystem change over the past 50 years. This biodiversity loss is predicts the loss of over one million species. Within this report, “marine plastic pollution in particular has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at…
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…
Fast fashion and overconsumption puts the fashion industry as the second most polluting industry in the world, which contributes more to climate change than international aviation and shipping combined, consumes lake-sized volumes of fresh water and creates chemical and plastic pollution (source).