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Climate change conference - interviews

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Climate change is the greatest current threat to public health. This is the view shared by Dr Margaret Chan, director general of WHO, and a growing number of the world's health professionals. Less well known is the view of leading military experts -- those working to prevent and manage conflicts around the world: that climate change is also the greatest future threat to security.

Speakers from the conference give us their thoughts on various aspects of climate change, from how it will effect international stability to how the human psyche has trouble perceiving the risks.

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Timothy Lang

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Professor Timothy Lang - professor of food policy, City University London, explains that to tackle climate change, we need to tackle our food consumption.
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Tom Burke

by BMJmedia 262 views

Tom Burke, environmental policy adviser, Rio Tinto plc, explains how no one sector can be responsible for combating climate change, and equally how no sector is immune to its effects.
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Tony McMichael

by BMJmedia 200 views

Professor Tony McMichael, professor of population health, Australian National University, talks about the trouble of understanding and envisioning the risks posed by climate change
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Michael Jay

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Lord Michael Jay - Chair of Merlin, formerly advisor to Tony Blair and permanent under secretary of state for foreign affairs, talks about engaging politicians and the government in climate change.
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Chris Rapley

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Professor Chris Rapley, former director of the Science Museum and British Antarctic Survey talks about the rate of climate change, and how the scientific community should engage the public and politicians in combating it.
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Andy Haines

by BMJmedia 133 views

Professor Sir Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine talks about policy levers to encourage individuals and companies to live a greener life.