An organisation of healthcare professionals and students in Ireland dedicated to promoting good health by addressing the health impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises through environmental care.
Registered charity (#20205893)
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
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This is beyond embarrassing from Dublin City Council.
Would be good to see a similar, ambitious target in Ireland.
That said, as always, the proof is in the pudding.
Irish Doctors for the Environment
Irish Doctors for the Environment
The collapse in driving behaviour has happened because those responsible for road safety in Ireland have let it happen.
It is not an accident, but rather a policy whereby impunity and a lack of enforcement have been encouraged.
My letter to the editor today.
Clean air zones and low emission zones can bring public health benefits.
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
This is what happens when engineers and planners who seemingly don’t know what a bike looks like are tasked with delivering cycling infrastructure: a tick-box exercise of disconnected, poor quality cycle paths that create the illusion of progress while never inconveniencing drivers.
Waters and colleagues (all members of Irish Doctors for the Environment) show that single-use drapes drive significant emissions, fuelled by a lack of manufacturer transparency. Their ask: suppliers need to disclose their environmental footprint and hospitals must prioritise reusables.
An Irish minister for nature, animal welfare and food sovereignty anyone?
Irish Doctors for the Environment
Make no mistake, we're not prepared for what is to come.
Ola Løkken Nordrum
Ola Løkken Nordrum
— Protected two-way cycle path to run in the centre of the roadway, a first for Ireland, but council officials note the unusual design has limited application elsewhere in the city. Dublin Ci…
Just another example of lazy design and shoddy visuals from Dublin City Council. There's no wonder our cycling infrastructure is so bad when the planning stage looks like this.
It's embarrassing whether they used AI, or worse, if an actual human did this.
Ola Løkken Nordrum
For the first time in 130 years Denmark will not have an agriculture minister.
In their place will be a minister for nature and animal welfare.
Ola Løkken Nordrum
Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farming
Last week, I wrote about the need for climate adaptation and cooling at scale: air conditioning in all hospitals, care homes and schools; community cool spaces; greener cities and urban spaces, to name but a few actions.
Ola Løkken Nordrum
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Letters warn of overheating homes, climate risk and sport disrupted by rising temperatures
