Simon Munk

Working in climate policy. Previous doctor and healthcare innovator

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

I just published Achieving the UK National Health System net zero target will require serious people power https://t.co/A5mxkMluEN

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

Amazing!

[UCLH @uclh]

Last May, we launched our Gloves Off campaign, highlighting that gloves aren't always required, as clean hands can be just as effective a barrier against transmission.

Since then, over half a million non-sterile blue gloves have been saved from landfill! https://t.co/CWtnspZjsx

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

@AndrewBoyle6 False alarm. Have reunited cat with its owner

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

Nick, I just saw this- Im so excited to visit in the summer with @Sorrel_Bickley

[Nick Barnes 💙 @YPPsych]

#AYearintheGlen22
A thread offering some reflections on life in #Glenmoriston #Highlands #AffricHighlands
#takingnotice & #rewildingourselves
#ConnectingtoConnected
#ConnectingwithNature
@HI_Voices @rcpsychGreen
#January

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

Great conversation with @odgersinterim exploring my lessons from supporting healthcare decarbonisation. I look forward to comparing notes with brilliant colleagues doing similar work in other sectors at this upcoming event

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

I'm delighted to be joining this panel sharing my learning from making healthcare provision more sustainable. It will be great to explore common challenges and differences across sectors with my co-panelists.

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

First, the problem: in mainstream economics, destruction of the living world is treated as an 'environmental externality'. As Daly wrote, ”we classify things as ‘external costs’ for no better reason than because we have made no provision for them in our economic theories”.

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

Im really looking forward to taking part in this important discussion

[Business Fights Poverty @FightPoverty]

🚨 Don't miss our live written discussion on the connections between #healthequity & climate change, and the role businesses can play in addressing these issues, tomorrow at 11am EST / 3pm GMT.

Join the ongoing conversation for free ⤵️ https://t.co/01TEmzbZ8G

#ClimateJustice

[Nat Bullard @NatBullard]

More than 2,000 companies now have, or will have, an internal carbon price. Momentum!
Also, these internal carbon prices range from (checks notes) $1 per ton to $760 per ton. https://t.co/vBP4LrdItW

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Less than 20 years ago, the world was headed for a >4C warmer world by 2100. The amount of change that would occur under that much warming, that fast, was almost unimaginable and certainly unsurvivable for human civilization + a large percentage of the world's species. (thread)

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

@Zoe4Hackney @TheGreenParty @LonGreenParty Congratulations Zoe!!

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

Great article here from the fantastic @LukeOShea1 on the case for rapid decarbonisation of the UK NHS- He articulately lays out the case for why the NHS cant afford to NOT decarbonise from a cost, clinical perspective and moral perspective

[Luke O'Shea @LukeOShea1]

New out - my @HSJnews article on Climate Change and the NHS. 

Asks is a net zero NHS unaffordable?

https://t.co/ddTUS80jra

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[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

2/2 but not scare them into putting their heads in the sand. I encounter many examples of us not getting this right- either scaring people so much they give up hope or enabling people to get complacent. I would welcome thoughts on getting this balance right

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

1/2 We know much of what we need to do to mitigate (well at least limit) climate change and positive change is happening- but its much too slow. On the one hand we need to alert our politicians, businesses and the public (consumers) to the risks of not acting more quickly,

[Chris Laing @drchrislaing]

Excellent meeting at the interface of university expertise and NHS sustainability @DrDominiqueAllw @MunkSimon @RVSurtees

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

3/3 And yet actions to combat climate change including plant based diets, active transport and insulating our houses lead to better health and save us money now.

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

1/3 Powerful report from the Lancet Countdown-

Governments globally continue to subsidise the fossil fuel industry whilst the climate crisis contributes to millions of excess deaths globally.

@hugh_montgomery @UCLPartners @LukeOShea1 @DrDominiqueAllw @Sorrel_Bickley

[The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @LancetCountdown]

⚡ NEW REPORT ⚡

The Lancet Countdown 2022 Report warns that health is at the mercy of fossil fuels.

Read the 2022 assessment of the health impacts of climate change, and the health benefits of climate action: https://t.co/5AYfdGzvRg

#LancetClimate22

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

2/3 Climate change as we are seeing right now leads to diminishing food security, higher risks of infectious disease outbreaks, record extreme heat, drought, floods and more.

[Chris Laing @drchrislaing]

There is a reason why, globally, healthcare spend is allowed to grow. As well as health benefits it promotes economic growth and productivity. This is before one gets into a stable NHS being an essential component of thriving life science/tech sectors. https://t.co/X3LhcVqSqI

[Chris Laing @drchrislaing]

Sounds like a great meeting. Well doneDom, Simon and team and looking forward to taking PPAs forward @uclp and nationally

[Simon Munk @MunkSimon]

@DrNickWatts @LukeOShea1

[DrDominiqueAllwood @DrDominiqueAllw]

Energy💰 have ⬆️ exponentially for 🏥

We have 40 NHS Trusts on @UCLPartners webinar talking energy crisis,inflation,climate AND solutions-Power Purchase Agreements PPAs for the NHS w less volatile 💰& 💯renewable & traceable energy

#UCLPCC #greenernhs

https://t.co/aDL7SQHuoA