On Monday 1st November the 26th UN Conference of Parties (COP26) opens in Glasgow and is perhaps the last chance for governments to reach agreement on the drastic cuts required to cut carbon emissions if we are to avoid catastrophic global heating.
On the 31st October, the child health cycle ride from London to Glasgow will reach the city on the west of Scotland, publicising the impact of air pollution on children - you can still add your virtual miles to the total!
https://climateacceptancestudios.com/ridefortheirlives<https://eur03.saf...
On Monday 1st November, the first day of the COP, riders from the real and virtual rides will speak about their experiences and hopes for change in the 9th ISSOP webinar in the series on the climate crisis. See details here for how to join the webinar at 5pm GMT
https://www.issop.org/2021/10/26/issop-climate-webinar-9-flyer/<https://...
To register, follow the link on the flyer which is reproduced here
https://ufhjax.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsdu-rqj4vE9R7PSjXVhid3bvFusWW...
There will be regional breakout rooms as before, following the webinar at around 6pm GMT
Don't miss this chance to hear from Glasgow about the expectations for improving child health as this critical time.
Tony Waterston
CHIFA profile: Tony Waterston is a retired consultant paediatrician who worked mainly in the community in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He spent 6 years working in Zambia and Zimbabwe and directed the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Diploma in Palestinian Child Health teaching programme in the occupied Palestinian territories. He was an Editor of the Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and is on the Executive Committee of the International Society for Social Pediatrics. His academic interests are child poverty, advocacy for child health and children's rights. He is currently the lead moderator of CHIFA (HIFA's sister forum on child health and rights). He is also a member of the HIFA Steering Group.
Tony.Waterston AT newcastle.ac.uk
