Session 1: Why healthcare specialists should care about the environment

Health and Environment · Wed 21 Oct 2026 · 3h

Teaching›Health and Environment›Course material 2026/27›Session 1

Slides

The slides will be linked here before the session. They are in the student area, so you will be asked for the module password 🔒.

Readings

Read the core readings before the session. The further readings are optional.

Core

Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu S-C, et al. (2025). The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: climate change action offers a lifeline. The Lancet, 406(10521), 2804–2857.

NHS England (2022). Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service. London: NHS England.

Tennison I, Roschnik S, Ashby B, et al. (2021). Health care’s response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5(2), e84–e92.

Further

Watts N, Adger WN, Agnolucci P, et al. (2015). Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. The Lancet, 386(10006), 1861–1914.

Lenzen M, Malik A, Li M, et al. (2020). The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(7), e271–e279.