Latest Climate Change news and statements

Inaction & Inequality on Climate Change Kills – Sooner or Later, We Will Understand

18 Oct 2021

Looking ahead to COP26, Dr Gareth May writes about the need for global leaders to take action in response to the unfolding climate catastrophe. ...

College joins global health community in call for climate action ahead of COP26 to avert “biggest health threat facing humanity”

11 Oct 2021

WHO report calls for ambitious climate commitments as the only path to long-term recovery from pandemic. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has joined with the global health co...

Wealthy nations must do much more, much faster

06 Sep 2021

The College joins over 200 health journals to call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health ...

Statement on Scotland’s Climate Assembly Recommendations for Action

25 Jun 2021

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has welcomed the publication yesterday of the Scotland’s Climate Assembly Recommendations for Action. ...

Health leaders say Government air pollution plans are insufficient to protect the public

23 Jun 2021

College President, Professor Jackie Taylor, has joined twenty health leaders urging the government and peers to introduce new legally-binding air quality targets without delay. Members of the UK He...