Jonathan Patz
@jonathanpatz
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
John P Holton Endowned Chair in Health & the Environment
Faculty appts: Nelson Institute & Dept. Population Health
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Depart tomorrow for the awarding of the 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (the 'Nobel' for environmental sciences) to Johan Rockström -- so well-deserved for work on #climate and #environment across the planet ... and strategies for solutions.
UN Environment Programme World Economic Forum
World Health Organization (WHO)
Climate Reality Project Drawdown
It’s OFFICIAL: Scientist Johan Rockström has won the 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement! Johan Rockström is being recognized for his pioneering work on the “Planetary Boundaries” framework, a scientific guide to help keep the planet in a safe operating space. First…
The #ClimateCrisis ever more concerning, per Prof Johan Rockstrom Johan Rockström who will receive the #TylerPrize for Environmental Achievement (aka 'Nobel Prize for the Environment') next week when we are together in Berlin Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
UW-Madison Nelson Institute
Dr. Jonathan Foley
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
We need to talk about the green elephant in medical school classrooms: climate change. 85% of the world's medical schools fail to incorporate it into their curricula. Dr. Neil Vora (Neil Vora, MD (he/him)) writes on why it's time for that to change. medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…
A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a report.The Guardian UN Climate Change theguardian.com/environment/20…
The honorable Helen Clark at #WHSMelbourne2024 highlighting today’s 3Cs, COVID, #Climate and Conflict. WHSMelbourne2024 Monash University UW-Madison Global Health Institute UW-Madison Nelson Institute
Legendary global health leader Ilona Kickbusch opening plenary #WHSMelbourne2024 loss of trust as a serious health threat itself. Also flagged #planetaryhealth essential- reminder today is #earthday2024 WHSMelbourne2024 UW-Madison Nelson Institute
The regional WORLD HEALTH SUMMIT #WHSMelbourne2024 now kicking off today. Appropriately on #Earthday a top concern/ theme includes the #climatecrisis WHSMelbourne2024 UW-Madison Nelson Institute My plenary tomorrow.
Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming? | Zeke Hausfather #CBarchive
Read here: buff.ly/3xyGJ2l
Earth Fest is here — and so is a special edition of the Commons! Grab a cup of coffee and page through the latest issue to meet some of the folks hosting, coordinating, and speaking at Earth Fest.
nelson.wisc.edu/news/the-commo… UW-Madison Sustainability
OMG Google, what ever happened to 'Don't be evil.'?
I hate to break it to you but helping to greenwash Canadian oil sands--the world's most polluting fuel--is evil!
desmog.com/2024/04/18/pat… DeSmog Geoff Dembicki David Suzuki James Hoggan @CAPE-ACME Dr Courtney Howard Global Climate and Health Alliance
“Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed. Excellent piece by Gary Fuller. World Health Organization (WHO) theguardian.com/environment/20…
Thanks President Biden for this decision to protect Alaska's unspoiled wilderness and our climate: cnn.com/2024/04/19/cli… The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Global Climate and Health Alliance
This is the second article that has showcased #ClimateRx as a tool to help clinicians communicate the #climateishealth connection to patients. Climate for Health ecoAmerica
How to communicate about climate change with patients bmj.com/content/385/bm…
What does it take to create a community event that moves climate solutions forward? Just ask @uwmadison undergrads Lulu Fregoso and Katie Wenzel, the outreach assistants behind Earth Fest and UW Energy Institute's Climate and Justice Teach-in.
nelson.wisc.edu/coordinating-a…
UW-Madison Sustainability
'The most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned,' writes Jeff Goodell in The Heat Will Kill You First. But don't sweat; the book isn't a downer. Find out why at Earth Fest! earthfest.wisc.edu/goodell UW-Madison Sustainability