Terry O'Connor, MD FACEP
@terry_oconnormd
🌎 Environment & ⚕️Health. Faculty @CUClimateHealth @UWashEM. Director of Diploma in #climatemedicine. ER Doc, EMS Director, Explorer. views own.
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https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/climateandhealth 05-10-2021 21:44:05
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Ending this #COP27 without an agreement to stop ALL fossil fuels is like walking out of the OR while the patient is still bleeding🚨👩⚕️The last hours must be used to save lives by finally putting an end to our fossil fuel addiction: Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative 🌍 Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Climate at State
Great achievement for HEALTH.The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment made it to the the final @COP27. Congratulations big thanks to the health community for strong campaigning IFMSA Global Climate and Health Alliance Omnia El Omrani ParentsForFuture Global Warrior Moms World Health Organization (WHO) Arthur Wyns
Thanks Bernadette Woods Placky Ed Maibach for building a community to address this need. Health care colleagues, yet another argument for us to connect #climate events to human #health. Share what you see. npr.org/2022/11/23/113…
Americans Will Waste $450,000,000 Worth of Food This #Thanksgiving & over 3 million pounds of food will be dumped in landfills in Black, Brown & lower wealth communities.Please recycle, compost & donate to local food banks if possible.#environmentaljustice newsweek.com/how-stop-wasti…
Lots of The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health and more in the making working to help our patients stay healthy! #ClimateEmergency
Thanks to Dr. Hilary Ong and the rest of the EM Climate team UC San Francisco for hosting. We covered a lot of ground in one hour! Looking forward to collaborating in the year ahead for a #healthyclimate CU Climate & Health Stefan Wheat, MD #kateweber
Way to go Stefan Wheat, MD @BharChekuri_MD Jay Lemery MD! I’m honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the foundation you all have built. Onwards! #healthyclimate
Healthy seasons are essential for human health. My collab with The Nature Conservancy explaining why the start of a healthy winter is something to celebrate for human health. On this winter solstice let’s also celebrate our commitment to nature at #cop15 youtu.be/oSimZ0abmfQ
We have so much to learn at the intersection of climate change and #emt #wfr #wildernessfirstresponder #wildernessmedicine #paramedic #expeditionmedicine. Join us and submit your articles! CHanGE CU Climate & Health Terry O'Connor, MD FACEP
#ClimateRx is a new tool that provides health care workers with a way to engage on climate & health in a non-interruptive way. Learn from experts Stefan Wheat, MD, Bruce Bekkar, and Katherine Catalano in this #LetsTalkClimate from Climate for Health. Watch here: bit.ly/3ETZm1a
Today is #BiodiversityDay UN Climate Change head Simon Stiell is calling for a transformation of the global approach to climate change & biodiversity. This means linking up climate action & efforts to protect biodiversity, by pooling finance, knowledge & planning in both areas.
Within my lifetime, nearly 80% of the fossil fuel CO2 + 60% of all GHG emissions have been released while wildlife populations have declined 70%. The profound climate and biodiversity crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin. Read more: scientificamerican.com/article/one-pl…
A fundamental rethinking of GDP. An economic & health solutions oriented response to the Dasgupta review w value placed on #PlanetaryHealth Thanks WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All You can find full report here. who.int/publications/m…