Andrew Harmer
Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University of London. Not an epidemiologist.
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How universities tricked students into returning to campus | Lorna Finlayson
Students were promised face-to-face teaching, but as soon as their fees and rents were secured, institutions turned their backs on them, says Lorna Finlayson, who teaches philosophy at Essex University
Andrew Harmer
"This is, as usual, all about the money"
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Bridging Western and Indigenous knowledge through intercultural dialogue: lessons from participatory research in Mexico
Indigenous communities in Latin America and elsewhere have complex bodies of knowledge, but Western health services generally approach them as vulnerable people in need of external solutions. Intercultural dialogue recognises the validity and value...
Andrew Harmer
@MartenRobert @PikettyLeMonde E.g. from the global health literature this week: "Indigenous communities in Latin America and elsewhere have complex bodies of knowledge, but Western health services generally approach them as vulnerable people in need of external solutions"
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New coal mine in west Cumbria given green light | ITV News
Cumbria County Council has approved an application to create a new coal mine off the county's coast. It will now go to the UK Government for final approval.
How to Fight Inequality: And Why That Fight Needs You
Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it and yet it keeps on getting worse.In...
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NOAA Climate.gov is a source of timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate. Our goals are to promote public understanding of climate science and climate-related events, to make our data products and services easy to...
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For when your kids ask...'What's the hottest Earth's ever been?' | NOAA Climate.gov climate.gov/news-features/…
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What's the hottest Earth's ever been? | NOAA Climate.gov
Earth’s hottest periods occurred before humans existed. Those ancient climates would have been like nothing our species has ever seen.
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For when your kids ask...'What's the hottest Earth's ever been?' | NOAA Climate.gov climate.gov/news-features/…
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A second Trump term would be 'game over' for the climate, says one of the world's top climate scientists
Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’
A pathway to net zero emissions for healthcare
The healthcare sector has a profound responsibility and opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the widespread health harms of climate change. Renee N Salas and colleagues chart a path to net zero emissions for healthcare
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Johnson's pledges on the environment are worthless. Worse is how cynical they are | George Monbiot
At this years UN biodiversity summit public anger cannot be extinguished, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Introduction to climate justice: Glasgow
6.30pm-8.30pm, Wednesday 14 October Join Global Justice Now youth activists campaigners for this Zoom call where we will learn about climate justice in an interactive workshop. With: Idman Abdurahaman, (Glasgow youth activist) Mara Livermore,...
Has world started to take climate change fight seriously?
A surprise announcement at the UN General Assembly has transformed the politics of cutting carbon.
Degrowth and MMT: A thought experiment — Jason Hickel
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is getting a lot of attention these days, thanks in large part to the excellent work of Stephanie Kelton and Nathan Tankus, two of the movement’s most effective communicators. Over the past few weeks a number of people...
Andrew Harmer
This short summary of Modern Monetary Theory by @jasonhickel is quite the mind-bend
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What will it take to implement health and health-related sustainable development goals?
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In two previous publications, we have described and summarised key findings from the global systematic review and country consultations related to our assessment of the progress in implementing the health and health-related...
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Dr. Alice McGushin - Lancet Countdown — Women in Foreign Policy | #wifp
Dr. Alice McGushin talks about the intersections of health and climate change and shares her work on tailoring policy briefs to assist specific countries in their actions to combat climate change.
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Covid-19 tests that give results in minutes to be rolled out across world
Global initiative will supply 120m rapid antigen tests to low- and middle-income countries