What is Planetary Health and how do you do a Planetary Health Impact assessment?

GPFUQ #214 What is Planetary Health? 

It links the disruptions of the Earth’s natural systems caused by humans with the resulting impacts on public health and then develops and evaluates evidence-based solutions to secure a world that is healthy and sustainable for everyone. Good health will come by seeing the threats and reacting fast enough by switching to better ways of living.

GPFUQ #215 What is a planetary health impact assessment and how do you it?

We should all do our own planetary health impact assessments to evaluate how our activity may cause environmental changes that affect natural systems and long-term health and decide how we can make meaningful restorations and reparations.

To do your own assessment follow the steps below

Check your personal carbon footprint using

https://footprint.wwf.org.uk  or

www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

and decide what you need to do to reduce your footprint

Offset your ongoing and/or past CO2 emissions

www.goldstandard.org/get-involved/donate-to-us  or

www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonoffsetprojects.html  

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/

Check your practices carbon footprint

www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator1.html

www.carbontrust.com/resources/faqs/services/calculate-carbon-footprint/

Use the RCGP Green Impact for Health toolkit to reduce your practice's footprint

www.greenimpact.org.uk/giforhealth