Date
Tuesday 14th November 2023, 09:00

Tuesday 14th November, 9:00 – 10.30am GMT

Hosted by: Oncologists United for Climate and Health (OUCH) and the Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford

Climate change is the biggest threat to health globally. Extreme weather events, food and water shortages, infrastructural challenges and forced migration, will change the patterns of disease we see and disrupt the provision of cancer care in all countries. These challenges will have the greatest impact on more vulnerable populations, who have contributed the least to man-made climate change. In addressing these impacts, we must also acknowledge that cancer care itself has a significant carbon footprint and environmental impact, and work to reduce these. In this first London Global Cancer Week session on Cancer and Climate, we will discuss some of the key challenges for the global oncology community, and consider how these may be addressed, ahead of COP28.

Chairs:

Dr Joan Schiller Thoracic Oncologist; Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia; Board member,  Lung Cancer Research Foundation; Founder of OUCH

Dr Sarah Briggs Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine; Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Personalised Medicine and St Anne’s College; University of Oxford; OUCH Member

A full list of speakers can be found here.