Climate Change, Healthcare and Carbon Footprints
Seminar Information
5 August - 6 August 2010 Amora Jamison Sydney, Jamison St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Amora Jamison Sydney, Jamison St, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSeminar Aims:
To share information about climate change and its impact on human health, healthcare planning & service delivery
To show case innovative initiatives, structures, systems and strategies that have reduced the carbon footprint in health care at any level of the organisation, including what worked well and what could have worked better.
To showcase innovations projects that have focussed on reducing the impact of health service delivery on the environment including those that focus on:
o Improving patient care by improving energy efficiency anywhere in/ at any level of the organisation
o Engaging staff, patients and communities in initiatives to address climate change as it relates to health service delivery, now and in the future
o Greening operations at any level of the organisation
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Dr Norman Swan, Broadcaster and Commentator
Dr Will Steffen, Director Climate Change Institute, Australian National University, ACT
Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, VIC
Jane Howley, FORMER Communications Manager, NHS Sustainable Development Unit, UK
Amora Jamison Sydney, Jamison St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
