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Friday, June 8, 2012

[EQ] Wednesday: June 13, 2012 - Now in Rio Plus 20 - PAHO/WHO online seminar

XIX SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE - PAHO/WHO

Now in Rio Plus 20

Wednesday June 13 2012 - In English with simultaneous translation to Spanish

Time: 12:00 am - 1:30 pm - EDT (Washington, DC USA) To check your time zone, see the World Clock

Website PAHO/WHO Rio+20 at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS

“….The past webinars we have addressed many of the critical issues to be prepared to address the negotiations and discussions during the Río+20 World Conference. This is now the time for the final drive. A shared focus on economic, environmental and social goals is a hallmark of sustainable development and represents a broad consensus on which the world can build (Sachs, 2012).

Health has regained its position in the draft document of “The Future We Want”, and there are initiatives from several sectors to move forward the agenda on health.

We will address in this seminar the call to all those supporting or attending the Río Conference. We will review the advances to date, the WHO/PAHO actions during the World Conference, and the key issues that have to be addressed.

We expect during this seminar to set the stage for the immediate action during the next 9 critical days of the Conference, for those attending, supporting or following it from their countries.…..”

Agenda

12:00 Welcome and Introduction
Carlos Santos Burgoa, Senior Advisor and Coordinator of Occupational and Environmental Risks

12:05 Advancing the integration of Health and Sustainable Development during the World Summit,
Maria Neira, Head of Environmental Health at the World Health Organization (WHO)

12:15 Health equity is a development outcome:
PAHO perspectives in the sustainable development agenda

Mirta Roses Periago, Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO Director

12:30 The health agenda of Rio+20 – a country perspective
Guilherme Franco Netto, Environmental Health Surveillance General Coordination

12:40 Questions and Remarks

12: 50 Comments: Luiz A. Galvão, Manager, Sustainable Development and Environmental Health, PAHO / WHO
Closing remarks Agnes Soares, Advisor Environmental Epidemiology, SDE, PAHO/WHO

How to participate

In person:
PAHO/WHO
525 23rd ST NW
Washington DC, 20037 Room 1017 – 12h to 13:30h Eastern Time (WDC)

Online: via Elluminate link:

- Spanish room: www.paho.org/virtual/SeminariosSDE

- English room www.paho.org/virtual/SDESeminars

Related material:

From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals
http://bit.ly/LByFx9

From the Earth Summit to Rio+20: integration of health and sustainable development
The Lancet http://bit.ly/LEfqky5h

Our Planet Our Health Our Future
Human health Rio Conventions:biological diversity climate change and desertification http://bit.ly/MRKGSm

SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20

For those who cannot follow the live seminar, we will have the recordings and presentations available at
PAHO Rio+20 Toolkit at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS

Social Determinants of Health

No.18 Moving the Agenda of the Social Determinants of Health towards Rio+20

http://bit.ly/LkvskI

The Brazilian perspective on Rio+20 and its link to the World Conference on SDOH
Paulo Buss http://bit.ly/LyO2El

Health, social justice and sustainability Prof Marmot Presentation
http://bit.ly/LavGcf

Health Promotion
No.17 Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health – SDOH

http://bit.ly/LH7Uo6

Air Pollution

No.16 Air Pollution
http://bit.ly/JhXHgJ

Food Security

No 15 Food Security
http://bit.ly/J6S46s

Global Sustainable Development
No.14 Global Sustainable Development and Environmental Health- Joint Discussion with the US Institute of Medicine
http://bit.ly/M4zpwg

Sustainable Development Indicators
No.13 Health at the heart of Sustainable Development Indicators

http://bit.ly/IQGhgE

Economic – social aspects Non Communicable Diseases

No.12 Economic and social aspects of Non Communicable Diseases NCDs

http://bit.ly/IisLCg

Non Communicable Diseases

No.11 Non Communicable Diseases and Sustainable Development

http://bit.ly/JGgnvr

Workers health

No.10 Green Economy /Green Jobs: Health Risks & Benefits
http://bit.ly/IhCwK2

Regional Experiences

No. 9 The Voice and Experience of the Caribbean Islands towards SD
http://bit.ly/HGvKCh

Road Safety

No. 8 Road Safety and Public Transportation towards Sustainable Development:
an agenda for health for Rio+20
http://bit.ly/IS7rAH

Globalization

No. 7 Globalization and Health Equity towards Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/HJ0PTT

Civil Society

No. 6 The Voices of Civil Society - Creating the Healthy Future
http://bit.ly/HRsJyd

Working Environments
No. 5 Employment and working conditions for Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/ILtlHE

The Environment

No. 4 Amazon Region: Environment and Health in the Context of Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/IlMMmK

Climate Change

No. 3 Climate Change and health in the context of Rio+20
http://bit.ly/J7NLFJ

Water

No. 2 Water and Sanitation
http://bit.ly/HP7kGw

Sustainable Development

No. 1 Public Health Challenges
http://bit.ly/Iv3LWW

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[EQ] Our Planet, Our Health, Our Future - Human health and the Rio Conventions: biological diversity, climate change and desertification

Our Planet, Our Health, Our Future

Human health and the Rio Conventions:

biological diversity, climate change and desertification

Jonathan Patz 1, Carlos Corvalan 2, Pierre Horwitz 3, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum 4
Nick Watts 5, Marina Maiero 4, Sarah Olson 1,6, Jennifer Hales 7, Clark Miller 8, Kathryn Campbell 9, Cristina Romanelli 9, David Cooper 9

1 University of Wisconsin, USA; 2 Pan-American Health Organization and World Health Organization;
3 Edith Cowan University, Australia; 4 World Health Organization;
5 The University of Western Australia, Australia; 6 Wildlife Conservation Society;
7 Independent Consultant, Reston, VA, USA; 8 Arizona State University, USA; 9 Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
10 Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 11 Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

World Health Organization 2012

Available online PDF [64p.] at: http://bit.ly/MRKGSm

“………This discussion paper is the result of collaboration between the World Health Organization and the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

The report reviews the scientific evidence for the linkages between health and biodiversity, climate change and desertification, the representation of health in the corresponding Rio Conventions, and the opportunities for more integrated and effective policy.

This document demonstrates the importance of human health as an integrating theme across sustainable development, and a strong motivation for concerted global actions to address global environmental change……

Contents

Executive Summary

Biodiversity, climate change and desertification: three interlinked issues of relevance to health .
Impacts of biodiversity loss, climate change and desertification on various determinants of health

Opportunities for the future of sustainable development

1. Introduction: healthy planet, healthy people

2. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 13

3. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
4. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

5. Integrating health and global environmental change into sustainable development

5.1 Role of the Rio Conventions in health
5.2 The unfinished agenda: the Millennium Development Goals

5.3 Opportunities for the future of sustainable development

References

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[EQ] From the Earth Summit to Rio+20: integration of health and sustainable development

From the Earth Summit to Rio+20:
integration of health and sustainable development

Prof Andy Haines F MedSci a , George Alleyne MD b, Ilona Kickbusch PhD c, Carlos Dora PhD d

a Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health and Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

b Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA

c Global Health Programme, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland

d Interventions for Healthy Environments Unit, Department of Public Health and the Environment, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

The Lancet, Volume 379, Issue 9832, 9 June 2012

Website: http://bit.ly/LEfqky

“………In 2012, world leaders will meet at the Rio+20 conference to advance sustainable development—20 years after the Earth Summit that resulted in agreement on important principles but insufficient action. Many of the development goals have not been achieved partly because social (including health), economic, and environmental priorities have not been addressed in an integrated manner.
Adverse trends have been reported in many key environmental indicators that have worsened since the Earth Summit.

Substantial economic growth has occurred in many regions but nevertheless has not benefited many populations of low income and those that have been marginalised, and has resulted in growing inequities.

Variable progress in health has been made, and inequities are persistent. Improved health contributes to development and is underpinned by ecosystem stability and equitable economic progress. Implementation of policies that both improve health and promote sustainable development is urgently needed….”

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