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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Health
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Millennium Development Goals:	Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	Climate and Health Council Tackling Climate Change to Promote Health for All Our remit is to mobilise health professionals to take action to limit climate change, which threatens to radically undermine the health of all peoples. Health professionals are in a particularly strong position to take action, as we have ethical responsibility to promote the circumstances which are most likely to generate good health as well as the capacity to influence people and our political representatives to take the necessary action. In pursuing this remit, we will ensure that the constraint and control of CO2 levels is coupled to a narrowing of the disparity between rich and poor: a transfer of resource will give headroom for low carbon development to the less affluent, particularly those living in the rapidly industrializing and yet-to-industrialize countries. As well as ensuring resources for appropriate development, this will lay the foundation for population stabilisation and a sustainable global society. 1 Aims and Objects ‘The name of the organisation is the Climate and Health Council (hereto after ‘The Council’). The Council believes that climate change represents a fundamental threat to public health and wellbeing, and so to sustainable development. The Council thus aims to encourage and assist healthcare workers and organisations in taking urgent personal and organisational action on Climate Change. The aims of the Council shall be delivered through five actions Inform Articulating scenarios reflecting health consequences Articulating policies for mitigation: Articulating policies for adaptation: Articulating co-benefits of the above Affirm By measuring personal carbon footprints and taking personal leadership in the field By influencing the behaviour of health care organisations Advocate Advocate a global framework for action (with ‘contraction and convergence’ a favoured option), and seek the means to influence key decision makers Innovate Enable the development of new associative structures through which the objectives can be delivered Disseminate Engage in persuasive recruitment of as many organisations, institutions and individuals as possible. 2.1 In pursuance of these aims, the Council will take measures as deemed necessary, which shall include (but not be limited to) supporting meetings and seminars, and preparing educative material. 2.2 The Council will publish on its website an annual report for members on the work of the Council during the preceding year.
Year established:	2006
Year of registration:	2011
Organizational structure:	Membership Membership consists of the following: All health organisations who sign our declaration, and encourage their own members to become individual members. All health professionals and healthcare managers, whether currently employed, studying, or retired, who sign our declaration, and who commit to measuring and reducing their carbon footprint Honorary members co-opted by the Council. Application for membership requires signature in support of the declaration. Membership will be confirmed by the secretariat, and is at the discretion of the Board, who retain the right to decline membership. Membership is defined period of three years. Each organisational member AND each individual member has a single vote in postal ballots Finances The Council is a not-for-profit organisation. There are two types of membership, organisational and individual. Subscription rates for a year’s membership will be £50 for organisations, £10 for individuals. The executive committee will seek to raise money from donors who have made demonstrable commitment to organisational carbon reduction. Donors are acknowledged publicly on the web Executive Officers The officers of the Council are: -A chairman -A vice-chairman -A treasurer -A secretary The officers, except for the secretary are elected by postal ballot at the Annual General Meeting. Officers normally hold office for 3 years except in the case of the treasurer who shall hold office for 5 years. Officers may stand for reelection at the end of their period of office on not more than two consecutive occasions. Board The board comprises of up to 20 members, including the executive officers. Non-executive members will be chosen by the executive for their personal expertise and commitment to the aims of the council. Constitution of the Council The Executive Committee shall meet at least monthly. Every three months, following such meetings, there shall be a general meeting of the Board. Telephone and video conferencing facilities are available, to minimise any travel to and from these meetings. The wider membership can raise issues for Board discussion at these meetings by communicating with the secretary via email not less than seven days in advance. The Executive Committee shall be responsible for: The nomination of Executive Committee members The general and financial management of the Council All matters in the general interests of the Council The appointment of independent auditors. The appointment of a secretary. The Executive Committee shall present a report and audited statement concerning the finances of the Council for the preceding year at every Annual General Meeting. Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting shall be held each year on a date and at a time fixed by the Executive Committee and must: Receive from the Executive Committee a report balance sheet and statement of accounts for the preceding financial year and an estimate of the receipts and expenditure for the current financial year. Fill the vacancies in the Executive Committee in accordance with the results of any postal ballot, and appoint auditors for the ensuing year. Decide on any resolution which may be submitted to the meeting in the manner provided below. Consider any other business as determined by the Executive Committee.
Number and type of members:	Board members of the Climate and Health council: All board members act in a personal capacity. Co-chairs: Prof Sue Atkinson CBE Dr Robin Stott Executive Board: Dr Fiona Godlee: Editor, BMJ; Vice chair Climate and Health Council Charlotte May: Sustainable transport advisor; Treasurer Climate and Health Council Prof Hugh Montgomery: Director, Institute of Human Health and Performance, University College Hospital Dr David Pencheon: Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit Prof Ian Roberts: Professor of epidemiology and public health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Dr Sarah Walpole: F2 doctor, North Yorkshire; Web editor, Climate and Health Council Maya Painter: Coordinator, Healthy Planet, Medsin (student organisation) Board members: Dr Tim Ballard: GP; Sustainability lead, Royal College of General Practitioners Tim Campbell-Smith: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Prof Michael Depledge: Chair of Environment and Human Health, Peninsula Medical School Dr Peter Carter: General secretary& CEO, Royal College of Nursing Sir Ian Gilmore: Immediate past President, Royal College of Physicians Sir Muir Gray: Director, Campaign for Greener Healthcare Dr Mayer Hillman: Senior fellow emeritus, Policy Studies Institute Prof Alan Maryon Davis: Immediate Past President, Faculty of Public Health Prof Vivienne Nathanson: Head of science and ethics, BMA Dr Jo Nurse: Consultant in public health Tim Pryce Carbon Council Prof Mala Rao: Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad Dr Mark Thompson: General Practitioner, Rhayader, Powys, Wales Dr Tony Waterston: Fellow, Royal college of Paediatrics and Child health Dr Michael Wilks: President, Standing committee of European Doctors In attendance: Dr Marie Claire Lobo : Consultant in public health ZehraChudry: Events, Climate and Health Council Roving ambassadors: Prof Mike Gill: Fellow, Faculty of public health Hilde Rapp: Director, Centre for International Peacebuilding
Affiliation with NGO networks:	All members of the board of the Climate and Health council act in a personal capacity and do not represent their constituent organisations. The Climate and Health council is affiliated with MedAct.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources

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