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“COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to be the ‘Implementation COP’ that would translate previous commitments into tangible action. Our host, Vitor Tomaz, is joined in this episode by Dr Courtney Howard to discuss her intellectual journey into climate advocacy, how global health advocacy and organisations can also push forward climate goals, and what a civil society participant aims to achieve at a global climate conference like COP.”

“Dr. Courtney Howard is an emergency physician in Yellowknife and the advocacy co-chair for a WHO working group on climate and health. She is pushing the Canadian government to face the climate crisis head-on.”

Dr Howard speaks about vaccine equity on the Real Talk Ryan Jespersen show.

“This is a truly inspiring episode.
Emergency physician and planetary health expert, Dr. Courtney Howard and I discuss how the environment is impacting global health and why it’s worth investing in. We also discuss the importance of physician advocacy.
Courtney is a legend!”

“EPISODE SUMMARY
Leading Canadian physician climate change advocate Dr. Courtney Howard discusses her recent experiences through a leadership lens”

“Dr.Courtney Howard, an emergency physician in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada on how parents can talk with youngsters to allay their fears about climate change, or what she calls #ecoanxiety. #WPRO drcourtneyhoward.ca”