environment
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New Manifesto calling for emergency action to secure a healthy planet for all
05th August 2019
A new Manifesto calling for urgent action to secure a healthy planet for all was launched by the InterAction Council on 31 July 2019, in response to the increasing international and United Nations evidence of the severity of our global climate and environmental crisis.
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Profit trumps people at UN climate meeting
17th December 2018
After overtime negotiations, the COP24 meeting in Katowice, Poland recently agreed on the ‘Paris Rulebook’ - the implementing guidelines of the Paris Agreement.
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Conference considered how to address air pollution in response to NCDs
06th November 2018
The WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health was a chance for the NCD community to consider how to use its existing competencies to address the burden of air pollution attributable to NCDs.
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Hiding in plain sight - the dark NCD legacy of asbestos
01st August 2018
This World Lung Cancer Day, Emily Walsh looks at the impact of asbestos on lives and explores what needs to be done to alleviate the avoidable risk to life and health.