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Aw, I share my birthday with NWT! (Not the year...) That is a lovely thing.

March 2026 climate and health round-up Here’s what caught my eye this month.

The March edition of climate and health news is out now! A labour of love. 💚
climateandhealth.substack.com/p/march-2026...

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This World Wildlife Day is a reminder that foraging is part of our heritage Jon Conradi, Wild Mosaic This year, World Wildlife Day is about plants. This took me by surprise. Typically when I think of wildlife, I think of animals, perhaps with some vegetation as background. I ...

What plants might you forage in the wild? Here are some from the wilds of Wales.
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What ‘medicinal and aromatic plants’ can you grow in your garden? Today is World Wildlife Day (3rd March) and the theme this year is ‘medicinal and aromatic plants’.

Today is World Wildlife Day and the theme is 'medicinal and aromatic plants'. What could you grow in your garden? #WWD2026 #WorldWildlifeDay

norfolkgarden.substack.com/p/what-medic...

Climate x SRHR: Frontline Leaders in Action - ICFP

Climate x SRHR: Frontline leaders in action - webinar on 12th March, hosted by the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP): theicfp.org/climate-x-sr...

Whole lot of responding to crisis from the same worldview that created it today. Though your power to interrupt that pattern may be small, even insignificant it is still bigger than zero. Can you tend even a tiny sliver of this broken world within and without?

Greener Practice: Medicines Waste in Care Homes - Reducing Social and Environmental Impact Nuala Hampson will demonstrate The Medicines Waste in Care Homes Project. Care homes dispose of £50 million worth of unused medicines every year, but the impact of medicines waste goes far beyond fina...

On Weds evening, the wonderful Nuala Hampson is presenting at a @greenerpractice.bsky.social webinar about the recent Medicines waste in care homes project, which looked at reducing social and environmental impact. www.greenerpractice.co.uk/event/greene...

Greta's Giving Page 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. This year two members of my Norfolk family have been diagnosed with cancer. Sam's stepmother, Jenny, was diagnosed with breast cancer. ...

Dust off your wallets, please! After two recent cancer diagnoses in my Norfolk family, I'm doing the Norwich Shine Night Walk to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gretas-...

Director of Business Development and Impact job (remote) at Health Care Without Harm/Practice Greenhealth in the USA (@global.noharm.org) - apply by 4th March: global.noharm.org/work-with-us

An exhausting feeling is realizing how many of those times I felt like men in high places didn't see me as fully human was I likely correct. Not imagination. Just probability as we get these ugly little windows into emails and locker rooms.

Climate change is reshaping Europe’s pollen seasons: birch, alder, and olive are flowering earlier: often over a month sooner in mountain regions, compared to 1990.
For millions with allergies and asthma, symptoms are starting earlier and intensifying in some regions. #LancetCountdown #ClimateHealth

French study confirms efficacy of on-demand PrEP Eight years after it started, the final results of a large French study that offered a choice of daily or event-driven oral PrEP (using tenofovir disoproxil/emtricitabine) were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver, US yesterday.

News from CROI 2026: French study confirms efficacy of on-demand PrEP #CROI2026

The Kidney Care Sustainability Network (hosted by @sushealthcare.bsky.social) is holding a webinar on Thursday 26th Feb with Prof Alberto Ortiz. The topic is preventing chronic kidney disease as a win-win for patients and the environment.

networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/events/webin...

The war on science: resisting and rebuilding at a crucial juncture Peter Staley’s talk at the opening session of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) in Denver was a grim post-mortem of one of the most challenging years in recent HIV history – an ‘annus horribilis’ – a phrase Queen Elizabeth II used to describe 1992 and The Lancet applied to 2025.

News from CROI 2026: The war on science: resisting and rebuilding at a crucial juncture #CROI2026

This webinar from the Environmental Physiotherapy Association looks interesting - 25 Feb 8.30pm CET/7.30pm UK. 'Exploring synergies between art, planetary health and environmental physiotherapy.'
environmentalphysio.com/events/explo...

“In this context, we resist.”

#CROI2026 officially opened with a clear message: amid funding cuts, attacks on #science & threats to the global #HIV response, this field will persist. It will defend evidence, community, science & the platforms needed to carry us forward.

Pleased to see this on my patch - @norfolkcc.bsky.social and Hitch Marketing working on addressing HIV prevention access. Case study from @local.gov.uk.

www.local.gov.uk/case-studies...

Great climate and health job at @ukhsa.bsky.social (in the Centre for Climate and Health Security) - closes 25th Feb.

www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Londo...

Events - The Global Climate and Health Alliance From talks to information sessions, GCHA organises several events throughout the year.

The Global Climate and Health Alliance (@gchalliance.bsky.social) is hosting a webinar on 24th Feb to present its report on the health impacts of fossil fuels in Africa. 11am SAST (9am UK). climateandhealthalliance.org/news-and-eve...

Do you have a passion for helping people connect with nature? We are looking for a Nature Recovery Ranger to join our team at healthcare sites in Liverpool. https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/career/nature-recovery-ranger-liverpool/

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop

And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)

RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

Work for ATACH - Consultant – ATACH knowledge management and managerial assistance Job opportunity | Advertisement for a consultant – ATACH knowledge management and managerial assistance

WHO-hosted (@who.int) ATACH is recruiting a knowledge management consultant - apply by 22 Feb:
www.atachcommunity.com/atach-commun...

Seeing the System: Intent to Implementation

The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (@ccghc.bsky.social) is hosting a workshop later this month on reducing plastic in health care. Some interactive elements, so register soon to guarantee a place: events.zoom.us/ev/AsmHHmgEZ...

Work in gastroenterology services in the UK? This funded programme from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) @sushealthcare.bsky.social is for you! Apply by 20th March: sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/activity/gre...

Call for case studies on interventions to address the impact of heat on mental health Extreme heat poses a growing threat to human health, with well-documented impacts on mental health and well-being. Exposure to high temperatures has been associated with increased risks of suicide; ex...

United for Global Mental Health (@unitedgmh.bsky.social) is collecting case studies on interventions to address the impact of heat on mental health. Submit this week: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Critical win for the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill as MSPs vote to progress it to Stage 2 ⬇️

Congratulations and thanks to @monicalennon.bsky.social for her unrelenting work! We look forward to the next steps.

Press release: www.ercs.scot/news/landmar...

Why security is redefining medicines policy Over a short period of time, access to medicines has ceased to be understood solely as a public health issue. Increasingly, medicines are being discussed in terms of security, strategic

This is really interesting from @saludporderecho.bsky.social - what does it mean for health care and citizens when medicines policy is framed in terms of 'security' rather than public health and rights? saludporderecho.org/en/security-...

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Patient Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts on Atopic Dermatitis: Cross-Sectional Survey Study This cross-sectional survey study (63.5% response rate) characterized how patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) perceive and experience the effects of climate change on their AD. Most participants repo...

Happy to see research asking patients about their experience of how the changing climate is impacting their condition - this is from the Department of Dermatology at UCSF:
derma.jmir.org/2026/1/e8067...