PSN offers expert opinion at Commonwealth Health Ministers Forum
19 May 2009
Source: PSN
Population and Sustainability Network coordinator Karen Newman addressed Commonwealth Health Ministers at a meeting in Geneva exploring the interface between health and climate change.
A malaria patient in Ethiopia. Malaria is thought to be on the rise due to climate change.
© WHO/P. Virot
The Population and Sustainability Network provided an expert session that addressed the ethical considerations of approaching the links between population growth and climate change at the meeting on the 17th May 2009. Other topics included the relationship between rapid population growth in the Least Developed Countries and adaptation to climate change.
Building upon the Commonwealth Health secretariat’s ongoing work on health and climate change, the meeting provided an opportunity for delegations from Commonwealth countries to share their experiences of the issue and discuss policy and technical solutions and cooperation.
PSN’s presentation on the ethical aspects of linking population with climate changeis available here.