Global Health Community Calls for Climate Action Ahead of COP26 to Avert “Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity”

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The Midwife Takes Center Stage in the Global Arena in 2005: The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM)

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Quality of care and midwifery services to meet the needs of women and newborns.

Introduction. The armed invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has had terrible consequences not only for the population and infrastructure, but also for the environment. It is no coincidence that the environment is called a silent victim of war, requiring special comprehensive legal protection. Our future depends on preserving the environment. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the environmental damage caused by Russiaʼs full-scale military operations amounts to $57 billion. More than half of this amount of environmental damage is due to air pollution from forest fires, missile attacks, and the burning of oil products. In addition, more than 1.2 million tonnes of harmful emissions were released into the atmosphere, contributing to the global climate crisis. To date, more than 265 war crimes against the environment and 14 cases of ecocide have been recorded. The aggressor state must be held accountable for all these actions, which destroy Ukrainian ecosystems and cause climate change, in accordance with the norms and principles of international law. That is why the President of Ukraine V. Zelenskyy proposed the «Peace Formula», a plan to end the war, with a separate clause aimed at preserving the Ukrainian environment and bringing Russia to international responsibility for environmental crimes committed during the international armed conflict. The aim of the article. The purpose of this article is to define the peculiarities of the Ukrainian «Peace Formula» implementation in the context of environmental protection and counteracting climate change. Results. The President of Ukraine V. Zelenskyy presented the «Peace Formula», the environmental component of which was embodied in paragraph 8. The «Peace Formula» focuses on three main areas of ensuring environmental safety and counteracting the environmental consequences of war. Firstly, it is an assessment of the environmental damage caused, including the impact on human health and biodiversity. Secondly, it is a thorough preparation of the evidence base and finding ways to bring the aggressor state to international responsibility for environmental damage. Third, it is the protection, preservation and restoration of the environment as part of the transition to a «green» economy. The restoration of the Ukrainian environment should include such measures as: land reclamation and demining; revival of destroyed forests and nature reserves; water purification; creation of new national parks and protected areas, etc. According to V. Zelenskyy, the «Peace Formula» is a platform not only for a just end to Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. It can become a universal basis for ending other military conflicts in the world and overcoming global problems. Russiaʼs armed aggression against our country poses numerous challenges to all of humanity — from the threat of a nuclear catastrophe and undermining food security to the intensification of anthropogenic climate change factors. The International Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War reaffirms its readiness to work in the key areas, identified in paragraph 8 of the «Peace Formula», despite the existing gaps. Over the next year, it plans to promote its recommendations for Ukraineʼs transition to a greener future, protecting its environment and achieving justice for environmental damage. During the international forum «United for Justice. United for Nature», the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine R. Strilets presented the International Environmental Declaration. It should help develop common tools for all states to assess environmental damage and bring any aggressor state to international responsibility. According to the minister, the Environmental Declaration should enshrine the legal status of the Global Platform for Assessing the Damage Caused to the Climate and Environment by Military Actions. It is worth reminding that V. Zelenskyy announced the need for its creation at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference in 2022. This initiative is reflected in paragraph 8 of the Ukrainian «Peace Formula». Conclusions. The «Peace Formula» is an important initiative of the President of Ukraine V. Zelenskyy aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war by combining joint efforts of states to protect and preserve the environment, prevent ecocide during hostilities, and combat climate change. It drew the international communityʼs special attention to the extent of the damage to the Ukrainian environment and climate that must be eliminated and compensated by the aggressor state. Together with our international partners, our country continues to work on the implementation of paragraph 8 of the «Peace Formula». In order to implement the environmental component of the «formula», Ukraine developed the Environmental Declaration, which was first presented at the International Forum «United for Justice. United for Nature» and later at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference. This document should become the basis for intergovernmental cooperation in the field of environmental protection and combating climate change in the context of Russiaʼs armed aggression against Ukraine. Its positive assessment by the international community shows that our country is moving in the right direction on the path to restoring environmental justice. The «Peace Formula» should become a driving force for fundamental changes in environmental protection during international armed conflicts. Key words: war crimes, environmental damage, ecocide, climate crisis, UN Climate Change Conference, international responsibility, post-war environmental restoration.

The 15-minute city offers a new framework for sustainability, liveability, and health

Listening to Midwives.

To meet the bundle of human wants, anthropogenic activities with industrialism helping -in an abruptly spike in global temperature has witnessed on global scale. Some climate drive phenomena pave ways for the melting of polar ice caps, rise in temperature helps intensify storms, torrential downpour and flood, coastal inundation owing to rise in sea level subsequently. Utility and Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in climatic impact analysis at regional level is very much required. Geoinformatic techniques in impact analysis are very much essential for effective disaster management by using satellites. Sea level rise study techniques and challenges are stemming from the use of LiDAR, DEMs Based on LiDAR, etc., approaches to correcting discrepancies between vertical referring system or land and tidal datum transformation. LiDAR DEMs integrated into a GIS can be used to identify that are vulnerable to Global Sea Level Rise. This paper is an attribute of case study, and personal observation on climatic events. The objectives of the chapter are to draw an apparent illustration on climate change and resulting disasters. It focuses on regional analysis in order to find out the consequences of climate change through Geospatial technology for disaster resilient society. Secondary data from, UN climate change department, World Meteorological Department, National Institute of Disaster Management, newspaper articles, etc., were collected and analysed in a bid to reconnoitering impact of climate change at regional level by inspecting into the climate crisis. It’s obvious that climate change has direct impact on emerging disasters. An efficient system for monitoring and impact assessment through geospatial technology needs to be developed.KeywordsClimate changeGeospatial technologyDisasters managementMitigationResilient

<i>How to Think about the Climate Crisis: A Philosophical Guide to Saner Ways of Living</i>, by Graham Parkes

Climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is among the greatest threats to human health. The World Health Organisation(WHO),has led global efforts to respond to emerging public health threats including the control of hazardous substances such as tobacco, alcohol, lead and asbestos, with remarkable health gains. BODY: Despite WHO's clear messaging on the enormous and growing health risks of climate change, greenhouse gases are not yet classified as hazardous substances, requiring control through a global strategy or framework. Additionally, WHO has not classified disease attributable to climate change as a result of the promulgation of these hazards as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), despite the serious and preventable health risks it poses globally. Several historical precedents set the stage for WHO to declare excess greenhouse gases as health hazards, including the control of ozone-depleting substances and breast-milk substitutes where the public benefit of control exceeded the potential benefit of their promulgation. In addition, WHO's undertaking within the International Health Regulations to protect global health, providing imperative to declare climate change a PHEIC, with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, declaring: "The climate crisis is a health crisis, fuelling outbreaks, contributing to higher rates of noncommunicable diseases, and threatening to overwhelm our health workforce and health infrastructure".Importantly, the health sector, perhaps more than other sectors, has successfully overcome formidable, vested interests in combatting these threats to health. It is thus imperative that WHO make full use of their credibility and influence to establish a global framework for the control of greenhouse gases through the declaration of excess greenhouse gas emissions as a hazardous substance, and declaring climate change a PHEIC. Who else is better placed to drive the considerable societal transformation needed to secure a liveable future?

A place at the global policy table: the WHO global advisory group on nursing and midwifery.

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With its headquarters situated in The Hague, the membership in ICM consists of over 83 professional autonomous midwifery associations from 65 countries.The Confederation's structure of representation and governance is built around four regions: Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, the members from which elect representatives to function as a channel of communication to the headquarters office and the Board of Management.These representatives meet twice in every 3-year period.Once in each such triennium, a meeting of the International Council is also held.This is the full governing body of the Confederation with two delegates from every member association; here, they elect their officers and establish the policy that will guide the work-plan of ICM.As with many other membership confederations, the ongoing work of the ICM is delicately balanced between direct support for the members, especially those from developing countries and those where the midwifery profession is only tentatively emerging in its own right; campaigning and fund-raising; and programme work, usually input to the planning of new national initiatives in maternity, which often involves partners, such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), one of the UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNAIDS, or UNFPA, or another worldwide professional confederation such as the International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO).The campaign banner of the ICM for the past 14 years has read 'Safe Motherhood.'The more chilling words beneath it say, "Every year about 600,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth, hundreds of thousands more are left with long-term sickness or disability.The majority of this mortality and morbidity can be avoided with good midwifery care."Every 3 years, each strand of this interwoven work is brought together in a series of meetings and an open conference for midwives and all those interested in midwifery, the ICM's Triennial International Congress.These congresses date back to 1900 when the first was held in Berlin with over 1,000 participants from nine European countries.These early meetings, although clearly popular, were not held in regular succession.It was 1919 before they began to recur on an approximately triennial cycle, and then the pattern was broken again by the Second World War.Finally, 1954 saw a new base in London for the ICM, a new constitution, and a congress which brought midwives from around the world, not just Europe, to a meeting which started the triennial progression.The 26th ICM Triennial Congress will take place April 14 -18, 2002, in Vienna.The title is "Midwives and women together for the family of the world."This will not be the first ICM Congress to take place in Austria.In 1928, also in April, the second International Congress of Midwives took place in Vienna; delegates attended from Belgium, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, and other countries.Some of the issues raised by the participants then are still current 73 years later.Midwives are still fighting for better working conditions and better remuneration of their work; many of them struggling to keep ante-and postnatal care in their hands.Before the Congress itself starts, there will be a Pre-Congress Collaborative Workshop for invited midwives only on "Violence against girls and women."This important topic illustrates the underlying theme of the conference, which is the recognition of human rights and equality.The five themes of the programme will be education, research, midwifery practice, special issues in midwifery, and social, cultural and political issues.

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