Time: 19 November 2020 at 13.00 p.m

Location: Online

Did you know:

• that the healthcare sector is one of the biggest CO2 emitters in Denmark?
• that air pollution is just one of many areas where the planet's health and our own health go hand in hand?
• that infectious diseases spread with the warmer climate?

Learn more about these questions and much more at the webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent in a separate email to all registrants

Program

13.00-13.10: Welcome

13.10-14.25: Expert presentation

The connection between climate and health in a Danish and international perspective Dr. Alice McGushin, Program Director at Lancet Countdown on climate change and global health

The English healthcare system's experiences in reducing its CO2 emissions Dr. Nick Watts, Director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit

Danish experiences with measurements of the healthcare system's CO2 emissions v\ Mette Arleth, Development consultant, Region North Jutland

The health effects of air pollution in the Danish context v\ Kåre Press-Kristinensen, Senior Advisor, Green Transition Denmark

The importance of climate change for infectious diseases in Denmark v\ Flemming Konradsen, Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of Copenhagen

14.25-14.40: Rounding up