Working for @WHO on the 2nd Global Conference on Air Pollution and #Health in 2025 & on #NCDs and how diseases are impacted by #ClimateChange & #AirPollution

Geneva, OH
Joined August 2009
Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
📢HPW EXCLUSIVE 📢 Spain has officially nominated @DrMariaNeira as a candidate for @WHO Director-General, expanding the field to five contenders ahead of Thursday’s statutory deadline. Read the EXCLUSIVE HPW story 🗞️ ➡️healthpolicy-watch.news/spai… ✍️ @f_argonaut @WHO @FAO @ILO @CleanAirFund @MSF @hans_kluge @HananBalkhy
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
“The Arctic is currently warming at four times the rate experienced by the rest of the planet. But the Antarctic has started to catch up, so that it is already warming twice as quickly as the planet overall.” buff.ly/lXt4VwP No time to waste. #ActOnClimate #climate
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
The DRC’s #Ebola outbreak is spreading faster and wider than the response, while attacks on frontline workers are making an already dangerous epidemic even harder to contain. 📰➡️healthpolicy-watch.news/viol… ✍️ @stefancanderson @crrdc1 @UgandaRedCross @ifrc @ICRC @UN @WHO @MinSanteRDC @AfricaCDC @julienmh @AKimonyo
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
In the last 48 hours, we've seen major wildfires in Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, South Wales, and Suffolk. This is not bad luck. This is climate change, and firefighters are on the frontline.
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Western Europe has experienced an exceptionally hot and dry summer, with its hottest June–July period on record and its 4th heatwave since May. Globally, July was the 2nd warmest on record. More info from @CopernicusEU Climate Change Service's update: bit.ly/4cdtqWh
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Regarding whether, as @ZackPolanski said, climate change is a World War 2 level threat, every single political, journalist, broadcaster and citizen, needs to listen to this interview with Prof Kevin Anderson @KevinClimate youtu.be/mBFos_T7cT0?is=OYji… Professor Kevin Anderson is Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester, with additional appointments at Uppsala University and the University of Bergen. Formerly Deputy Director and Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, he is one of the UK’s leading experts on climate mitigation, carbon budgets and energy policy, and has advised governments and the European Commission on climate change. @piersmorgan @mrjamesob @IainDale @TomSwarbrick1 @vicderbyshire @jonsopel @maitlis @Emmabarnett @tombradby @WilfredFrost @CliveMyrieBBC @amolrajan @SophyRidgeSky @TVNaga01 @OborneTweets @JohnSimpsonNews @richardpbacon @rickedwards1 @MickBooker @MartinDaubney @PatrickChristys @carolvorders @bbcvickiyoung @KamaliMelbourne @BBCsarahsmith @kirstiemallsopp @krishgm @tombradby @skynews @itvnews @ITNProductions @esmewren @adamboultonTABB @KayBurley @alexberesfordTV @kayeadams @janem @rickygervais @rachelburden @bbcnews @skynews @NickyAACampbell @ShelaghFogarty @bbcnickrobinson @tomhfh @susannareid100
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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And this happens at 1.4°C. Europe warms > 2X faster than planet as a whole, & heat & drought extremes are amplified by interactions with ocean heat, Jet stream slow-down & atmosphere blocking. Future? It will get worse before it potentially gets better. bbc.com/news/articles/c2350z…
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Smoke from wildfires can travel thousands of kilometres, crossing borders, oceans & continents. Understanding where it will go next is the challenge. Learn about wildfire smoke's health impacts & how forecasting & early warnings help communities prepare. 🔗bit.ly/4w7RiC8
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
This is the road we are on. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire. @ExxonMobil : $55.7 billion @Shell: $39.87 billion @Chevron: $35.5 billion @BP_plc: $27.7 billion No time to waste. #ActOnClimate #panelsnotpipelines #cdnpoli
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Climate change is coming for us all, this week it reached the heart of Scotland's capital. A wildfire broke out in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, as strong winds and tinder-dry vegetation helped the flames spread. This is not the Amazon. This is not Australia. This is Scotland. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate 📹 Richard Goldie #climate #energy
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
The #FIFAWorldCup reminds us that sport can change lives. @WHO recommends that children and adolescents get at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day. If we can inspire every young person to move more, play more and live healthier, we all win.
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
My message is clear: ‌ To the USA & Israel: It is high time to stop the war that is inflicting immense human suffering & triggering devastating economic consequences. ‌ To Iran: Stop attacking your neighbours. ‌ Conflicts end when leaders choose dialogue over destruction. ‌ That choice still exists. ‌ And it must be made now.
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
Every species on Earth relies on a sustainable climate. Every fraction of a degree matters when it comes to protecting biodiversity and nature. Everyone can join the push for #ClimateAction by accessing the latest news and data: unep.org/news-and-stories/ne…
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Marit Viktoria Pettersen retweeted
The Greenland ice cap is losing around 30 MILLION tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis - 20% MORE than what scientists originally thought. No time to waste. Stopfossifuels. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #go100re
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