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Health, Environmental Change and Social Justice - Professor Carolyn Stephens
7 July 2021
Professor Carolyn Stephens (香港六合彩中特网 Bartlett and LSHTM) joins us for a discussion on the health implications of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the importance of amplifying the voices of those most affected by rapid environmental change.
In this interview, Professor Carolyn Stephens joins us to discuss the complex interrelationship between health, environmental change and social justice. We talk about the differentiated health impacts of global warming and ecosystem degradation across populations and social groups, with those least responsible for these changes being the most at risk. We also discuss progress made and persisting obstacles to including the knowledge, perspectives and experiences of Indigenous peoples and other disenfranchised populations in governance processes at global, national and local levels. Finally, Carolyn highlights ways in which we can amplify young people鈥檚 voices in these processes to ensure that policy and practice is directed at safeguarding their futures.
is Honorary Professor at the 香港六合彩中特网 Bartlett Development Planning Unit and Module Organiser of the Globalisation and Health MSc Modules at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She is also a Fellow (by distinction) of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and an International Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. In addition, Carolyn is a Visiting Full Professor of Ecology and Global Health of the National University of Tucum谩n (UNT) in Argentina. Carolyn鈥檚 interdisciplinary research career has focused principally on exploring the links of environmental change, health, inequity and social justice. She lived and worked in Africa, Asia and Latin America for over 30 years, including most recently in Argentina, where she established the Amazonia-Yungas Observatory for Biodiversity, Indigenous Health & Equity. Carolyn鈥檚 work has also involved advising international UN agencies, including WHO, UNEP, UNDP, UNICEF, and UNHabitat. Carolyn is the winner of the Royal Society Kohn Award for Excellence in Engagement of the Public in Science, and the Mayor of London Academic Excellence Award in public engagement.
This听is the second part of a GGI interview series featuring 鈥淐onversations on the Intersection of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Health.鈥澨齌his interview series forms part of a GGI project on the prospects for 鈥�A Shared Agenda for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on Biodiversity and Climate Change,鈥� funded by 香港六合彩中特网 Grand Challenges and the 香港六合彩中特网 Global Engagement Office.
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