by Seon Jae Choi | Nov 29, 2021 | Climate and Environment
In the lead-up to COP26 in Glasgow, United Health Futures hosted a webinar with a panel of experts to discuss the health perspective of fiscal policies targeting fossil fuels. For years, the push for decarbonization and renewable energies was based on environmental...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Oct 21, 2021 | Climate and Environment
When it comes to health risks, there is a disconnect between knowledge and behaviour. For example, the negative effects of smoking, alcohol consumption and illicit drug use are well-known, but this does not stop millions of people from using these substances. When the...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Oct 4, 2021 | Climate and Environment
Sometimes it’s difficult to comprehend the extent to which certain things are harmful to one’s health. The perfect example – air pollution. It’s not a parasite, nor a heat wave and it’s usually not associated with a discrete event. It’s an invisible killer that...
by Ivan Maslyankov | Aug 30, 2021 | Climate and Environment
Just when the perception of climate change as a threat was finally gaining momentum, the new highly transmissible COVID-19 changed our world in an unprecedented way. As the world faced this unforeseen threat, priorities from the micro to the macro level shifted...
