How to Get The Body Of a Greek God, and the Head of a Furious Lion! johnfinnemore.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

The May climate and health news round-up is out now! My highlights for this month: climateandhealth.substack.com/p/may-2026-c...

Some notes from my Norfolk garden. A timeline cleanser, as they say. norfolkgarden.substack.com/p/blossom-an...

Platform announcer at Victoria as our train pulls away: Driver, take care of these wonderful people. People take of each other. Peace.

1/n In the 2026 @countdowneurope.bsky.social, @profejzrobinson.bsky.social & I track the impact of higher frequency of #heatwaves & #droughts on access to food. Compared to 1981–2010 baseline, these changes resulted in an estimated additional one million people being food insecure in 2023.

📣 New publication: the 2026 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown is out! The report shows how climate change is already harming health across Europe, how fossil fuel dependence is slowing progress, and why stronger leadership is urgently needed. Read the full report: doi.org/10.1016/S246...

This looks interesting - NIHR funding call for public health research on women's health communication: how effective is public health messaging in improving the health of women and girls, and reducing the health inequalities they experience? Apply by 18th August: www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/wome...

"If we want relational approaches to be sustainable, we must design systems that support emotional labour as much as operational change." Redressing the balance between transactional systems and relational care in NHS reform, by @healthfoundation.bsky.social: q.thenhsalliance.org/evidence-and...

Still time to submit an entry to the @bma.org.uk MEDFASH prize for improving the quality of HIV and/or sexual healthcare. Apply by 30th April. www.bmafoundationmr.org.uk/bma-medfash-...

🦠 Dr. @annkavdhaar.bsky.social @rki.de speaks at the 2026 European Lancet Countdown Report launch! Join the discussion on climate-health responses at national and regional levels: 🗓️ 22 April 13:00 CET 📍 Heidelberg / Online 🔗 pretix.eu/uni-heidelbe... #ClimateHealth #LancetCountdown

The April climate and health news round-up is out now! My highlights for this month: climateandhealth.substack.com/p/april-2026...

Join Health Voices for Equitable Phaseout of Fossil Fuels 🗓 March 31, 2026 ⏰ 3–4 PM ET Hear leaders from the Americas, Africa, and Australia on countering misinformation, advancing clean energy, and protecting public health. Register here (link in bio): zurl.co/fYIQq

Missed yesterday's #TheChoiceAgenda webinar or want to revisit? Watch + download: avac.org/choice-agend... Hear how community health workers & pharmacists are expanding #PrEP access & why systems are often the biggest barrier. #HIVprevention #PrEP

This gives me goosebumps every time it crosses my path. Also please note 'Stewart Copeland playing the frying pan'. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXps...

A lot is awful but in my town people are organizing to protect amphibians crossing from hilly woods to breeding grounds on nights of warm rain. This too is human nature.

Why is stopping a pointless intervention so difficult? By @drmattmorgan.bsky.social for @bmj.com - www.bmj.com/content/392/...

📢 We’re hiring! The Lancet Countdown is recruiting a Policy & Engagement Manager (Europe) to help turn climate-health research into policy impact in Europe. Apply if you have a strong policy background & want to bridge research-policy. ⏰ Apply by 24 March here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

WHO has put out a call for 'case study examples and experiences of HIV self-testing within facilities'. Send examples by 16th April: www.who.int/news-room/ar...

There are currently two open consultancy roles focused on air pollution and health at WHO - apply by 19th March. www.who.int/news-room/ar...

The Scotsman's Poem of the Week 'How to Behave With The Ill' by Julia Darling

This webinar looks interesting, from Greener Practice: 'The nature of pandemics and invisible friends – The microbes that shape our lives', with Jake Robinson (@jake1.bsky.social). Tuesday 24th March, 7.30pm (UK). www.greenerpractice.co.uk/event/greene...

Today, the Global Climate and Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social is hosting a webinar, 'Climate, Fossil Fuels, and Health Justice in Africa: Science, Law, and Action Ahead'. 5pm SAST (3pm UK), English and French. climateandhealthalliance.org/news-and-eve...

4-year fully funded PhD position in 'Climate-related health impacts on children' @hydr-vub.bsky.social. Apply now: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

The March edition of climate and health news is out now! A labour of love. 💚 climateandhealth.substack.com/p/march-2026...

Recently posted to our opportunities board: 💼 PhD: Shaping healthy and sustainable policies in UK cities 📔 Based at @newcastleuni.bsky.social under supervision of @prachib.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 30 March 2026 🌍 Newcastle, UK ➡️

Today is World Wildlife Day and the theme is 'medicinal and aromatic plants'. What could you grow in your garden? #WWD2026 #WorldWildlifeDay norfolkgarden.substack.com/p/what-medic...

Climate x SRHR: Frontline leaders in action - webinar on 12th March, hosted by the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP): theicfp.org/climate-x-sr...

Whole lot of responding to crisis from the same worldview that created it today. Though your power to interrupt that pattern may be small, even insignificant it is still bigger than zero. Can you tend even a tiny sliver of this broken world within and without?

On Weds evening, the wonderful Nuala Hampson is presenting at a @greenerpractice.bsky.social webinar about the recent Medicines waste in care homes project, which looked at reducing social and environmental impact. www.greenerpractice.co.uk/event/greene...

Dust off your wallets, please! After two recent cancer diagnoses in my Norfolk family, I'm doing the Norwich Shine Night Walk to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gretas-...

Director of Business Development and Impact job (remote) at Health Care Without Harm/Practice Greenhealth in the USA (@global.noharm.org) - apply by 4th March: global.noharm.org/work-with-us

An exhausting feeling is realizing how many of those times I felt like men in high places didn't see me as fully human was I likely correct. Not imagination. Just probability as we get these ugly little windows into emails and locker rooms.

Climate change is reshaping Europe’s pollen seasons: birch, alder, and olive are flowering earlier: often over a month sooner in mountain regions, compared to 1990. For millions with allergies and asthma, symptoms are starting earlier and intensifying in some regions. #LancetCountdown #ClimateHealth

News from CROI 2026: French study confirms efficacy of on-demand PrEP #CROI2026

The Kidney Care Sustainability Network (hosted by @sushealthcare.bsky.social) is holding a webinar on Thursday 26th Feb with Prof Alberto Ortiz. The topic is preventing chronic kidney disease as a win-win for patients and the environment. networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/events/webin...

News from CROI 2026: The war on science: resisting and rebuilding at a crucial juncture #CROI2026

This webinar from the Environmental Physiotherapy Association looks interesting - 25 Feb 8.30pm CET/7.30pm UK. 'Exploring synergies between art, planetary health and environmental physiotherapy.' environmentalphysio.com/events/explo...

“In this context, we resist.” #CROI2026 officially opened with a clear message: amid funding cuts, attacks on #science & threats to the global #HIV response, this field will persist. It will defend evidence, community, science & the platforms needed to carry us forward.

Pleased to see this on my patch - @norfolkcc.bsky.social and Hitch Marketing working on addressing HIV prevention access. Case study from @local.gov.uk. www.local.gov.uk/case-studies...

Great climate and health job at @ukhsa.bsky.social (in the Centre for Climate and Health Security) - closes 25th Feb. www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Londo...

The Global Climate and Health Alliance (@gchalliance.bsky.social) is hosting a webinar on 24th Feb to present its report on the health impacts of fossil fuels in Africa. 11am SAST (9am UK). climateandhealthalliance.org/news-and-eve...

Do you have a passion for helping people connect with nature? We are looking for a Nature Recovery Ranger to join our team at healthcare sites in Liverpool. https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/career/nature-recovery-ranger-liverpool/

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

WHO-hosted (@who.int) ATACH is recruiting a knowledge management consultant - apply by 22 Feb: www.atachcommunity.com/atach-commun...

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (@ccghc.bsky.social) is hosting a workshop later this month on reducing plastic in health care. Some interactive elements, so register soon to guarantee a place: events.zoom.us/ev/AsmHHmgEZ...

Work in gastroenterology services in the UK? This funded programme from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) @sushealthcare.bsky.social is for you! Apply by 20th March: sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/activity/gre...

United for Global Mental Health (@unitedgmh.bsky.social) is collecting case studies on interventions to address the impact of heat on mental health. Submit this week: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Critical win for the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill as MSPs vote to progress it to Stage 2 ⬇️ Congratulations and thanks to @monicalennon.bsky.social for her unrelenting work! We look forward to the next steps. Press release: www.ercs.scot/news/landmar...

This is really interesting from @saludporderecho.bsky.social - what does it mean for health care and citizens when medicines policy is framed in terms of 'security' rather than public health and rights? saludporderecho.org/en/security-...

🆕from GIRFT: A practical guide to decarbonising the hip replacement pathway, developed with #GreenerNHS & national clinical partners. It highlights 13 high‑impact actions trusts can take now to cut carbon while improving patient care.💚 📥Download ow.ly/iNWO50Y16YO #NetZeroNHS #Orthopaedics #NHS