Climate Crisis Explained by General Practitioner | Climate Crisis in General Practice and the NHS

This is the first of 3 videos starting with the climate crisis explained by a general practitioner, going into more detail about the climate crisis in general practice and the NHS. Climate change explained by a doctor - hopefully informative but also, hopefully, mildly entertaining. Let's try to stop climate change in the NHS and talk about sustainability in primary care.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - 0. Welcome
1:17 - 1. Overview
2:12 - 2. Greenhouse gases in less than 30s
2:39 - 3. Global Consequences
4:19 - 4. Where Can I Start?
4:52 - 5. The NHS Carbon Footprint Target


WHO AM I:
I'm Mike, a general practitioner working in Greater Manchester, UK. I'm also a music producer and medical university tutor. I make videos about medicine and productivity and I am the author of the now sold out medical audiobook "CSA On The Move: A Practical Audio Guide to the Clinical Management of Common RCGP CSA Scenarios" and the available second edition "GP On The Move".

🌍 My website - https://www.gponthemove.com​
🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/gponthemoveuk​
📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/gponthemoveuk​
🎶 Original Music from Nevermusic Studios - https://www.nevermusicstudios.com/​

Additional Voice Over - Mike Anthoni
Additional Script Editing - Dr David McKelvey
Supported through Salford CCG Innovation and Research Fund


1. Greenhouse Gases

The sun warms the earth and the Earth gives that heat back into space in the form of infrared radiation. To get out, that heat needs to pass through our atmosphere. But our atmosphere is becoming really congested with what are called greenhouse gases and they are stopping that heat from leaving our planet. The most common greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, and the other ones are methane, nitrous oxide and F gases (that are found in metered dose inhalers for instance).

2. Global Consequences

Droughts
Wildfires
Floods
Extreme Weather

3. Where Can I Start?

a) Rethink Commuting
b) Rethink Consumption
c) Rethink Food / Meat

4. The NHS Carbon Footprint Target

• For the emissions we control directly (the NHS Carbon Footprint), we will reach net zero by 2040, with an ambition to reach an 80% reduction by 2028 to 2032;
• For the emissions we can influence (our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus), we will reach net zero by 2045, with an ambition to reach an 80% reduction by 2036 to 2039.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/greenernhs/a-net-zero-nhs/

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