Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Chair of @RCollEM environmental group Co-Clinical Lead @GreenED_uk . Dad He/Him
London
Joined December 2014
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Really excited to be able to share this! @RCollEM position statement on #environmentallysustainable emergency healthcare.
This sets out how how to reduce the impact of our practice on the planet and how we can tackle the #ClimateEmergency by advocating for swift decarbonisation
📢We know our members care about making #EmergencyMedicine as green🟢 as possible.
Today we have published our #Sustainability position statement about what needs to be done as we move towards net-zero0⃣ emergency healthcare.
Read more here: rcem.ac.uk/rcem-leads-publis…
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Competition for those in the Edinburgh area – share your flight-free stories 👇
@EMDrSandy you'll have a few, certainly?!
***Competition***Share your flight-free holiday stories and win prizes. Inspire others to choose sustainable travel 🚆🚴🏻♀️⛴️🛶 closes 20th November 2024
forms.gle/z4m5vNgcLXm4iWSs6
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The cognitive dissonance at @thetimes right now it's scoring 11 on a 10 point scale !!! 🤯
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RCEM welcomes the UK Government’s new strategy to significantly reduce the number of single-use medical devices in the NHS, called the Design for Life Roadmap.
This mirrors the work of RCEM’s @GreenED_uk initiative, which measures and reduces the environmental impact of Emergency Departments in the UK, thus driving environmentally sustainable practices within the specialty of Emergency Medicine.
Listen to RCEM’s Dr Sandy Robertson @EMDrSandy, RCEM’s ESIG Chair and Co Clinical Lead of the GreenED Programme below and for more information, visit greened.rcem.ac.uk/
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‘A full AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary scale disaster’. It takes many years but signs suggest it may begin to collapse over the coming years as soon as 2025. Please push for this to be reported. This situation is insane @susannareid100 @piersmorgan @mrjamesob @TomSwarbrick1 @deborahturness @CliveMyrieBBC @JohnSimpsonNews @OborneTweets @maitlis @jonsopel @vicderbyshire @Emmabarnett @rickedwards1 @TVNaga01 @AndrewMarr9 @krishgm @rachelburden @richardpbacon @tombradby @amolrajan @bbcnickrobinson @StephenNolan
“A full #AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary-scale disaster” tells PIK scientist @rahmstorf the @NewYorker. “We really want to prevent this from happening.” Interesting article on the fate of #Greenland & what it means for the rest of the Earth.
newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
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Such an excellent illustration of how inefficient fossil fuels are and how manufactured our dependency actually is.
Close to half of all shipping traffic worldwide is just moving fossil fuels around
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Incredible interview with @EllaRobertaFdn by @KayBurley:
“Air pollution is linked to everything: cancer, heart disease, dementia, miscarriages […] We need to do something.”
“Children breathe toxic air every day. And we wonder why the NHS is broken. I’m so angry.”
A great wee reminder of when we started being #flightfree, 5 years so far!
As the weather starts to turn, you might be thinking about spending time somewhere warmer. How about the south of France?
Here are six accounts of travelling flight-free to the south of France from various parts of the UK (incl Glasgow & Devon...) flightfree.co.uk/travel_arti…
If you are at #EUSEM2024 and want to find out more about the intersection between EM and the #ClimateCrisis
Join @GreenED_uk at the sustainability session and learn what you can change in your practice to become more sustainable!
ALT Excerpt of a poster on the outcomes of the first year of the GreenED programme 5 sites completed accreditation at Bronze level, with 2 also accrediting for Silver Saved £54000 and 81000 KgCO2e
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This is a HUGE
Climate campaigners are always looking for our next fight. But we must celebrate wins
@bmj_latest no longer accepting adverts from banks that fund fossil fuels shows the social license for fossil fuels is ending
Props to @DoctorsXr who campaigned hard for this
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Key findings on the current state of the climate from #IPCC’s 2021 #ClimateReport show:
• Human-induced #climatechange is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/WGIR2021
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In a competitive field this is one of the worst things I have ever read on climate change and net zero. A complete failure to understand either the pace of the clean tech revolution or the severity of the climate crisis. It is tacit climate denial and defeatism in equal measure.
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This is all caused by the fossil fuel industry which has been lying and blocking action for decades
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To stop such demented short term myopia, it's vital that the world unite behind a commitment for a rapid phase out of fossil fuels!
We can all help make this a reality by campaigning for a @fossiltreaty in our countries, towns and institutions!
xitter.cf/fossiltreaty/status/18…
🛢️ Fossil fuels are fuelling chaos, threatening our communities, nature, health, and peace. We need a bold global response to end the madness.
⏳ The time for empty promises is over.
🤝 Countries must cooperate and negotiate a binding agreement to halt the expansion of oil, gas, and coal, committing to a just and equitable transition to clean, renewable energy for all.
💚 Join us in calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to protect what we love.
💌 Share this post to spread the message!
fossilfueltreaty.org/
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Read that headline again
Humanity's. future. is. in. the. balance.
Are you really doing all you can to tip the scales?
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Reminder that ferries are low carbon 👇
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As I've said, dangerous climate change has already arrived. It's simply now a question of how bad we're willing to let it get.
We must rapidly decarbonize our world to avert truly catastrophic & irreversible consequences.
Vote like the planet depends on it. Because it does.
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The range of posters from our teams across Scotland, all while working in the toughest conditions in Emergency Care many of us have ever known. Really heartening to see this excellent work.
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@EMDrSandy and the @GreenED_uk call to arms to (each of us) prioritise this hugely important work for our future, our patients future, and our kids future. #RCEMasc
