World Gastroenterology Organisation – Gut Commentary Series on Digestive Health and Climate Change
Digestive Health and Climate Change
We are delighted to introduce to the Gut readership a compendium of nine commentaries, each summarising one, or a hybrid, of the nine educational webinars organised by the World Gastroenterology Organisation. The webinars covered the why, what and how in terms of climate change (CC) as related to digestive health hazards, disease implications and actionable interventions.
The nine commentaries published by Gut in the December 2023 issue are coauthored by the webinar speakers and colleagues and provide a synopsis of the webinar topics and related resources and references. They also serve as a compendium of the impact of CC on gastrointestinal health for readers worldwide to use.
Commentaries
World Gastroenterology Organisation - Gut commentary series on digestive health and climate change
M Bishr Omary, Desmond Leddin, Geoffrey Metz, Andrew M Veitch, Emad M El-Omar, Guilherme Macedo, Mai Ling Perman
The fundamentals: Understanding the climate change crisis
Desmond Leddin, Hugh Montgomery
The effects of climate change on digestive health, and preventive measures
Mhiairi C Donnelly, Nicholas J Talley
Impact of climate change on vulnerable populations
Govind K Makharia, Anahita Sadeghi, Desmond Leddin, Anthony Costello
Approaches for greening endoscopy and reducing waste
João A Cunha Neves, Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago, Lars Aabakken
Green gastroenterology adaptation, resilience and an industry perspective
Cassandra Thiel, Emma Pak, Rainer Burkard, Harald Huber
Carbon footprint of gastroenterology practice
Heiko Pohl, Robin Baddeley, Bu’Hussain Hayee
NHS efforts in England to mitigate the climate crisis: uniting nurses and gastroenterologists
Robin Baddeley, Nick Watts, Leigh Donnelly
Climate change, paediatric health and ways that digestive health professionals can engage
Rebecca Philipsborn, Madhumitha Manivannan, Todd L Sack
Gastroenterology climate action opportunities via education, empowerment of trainees and research
Aasma Shaukat, Brijen Shah, Cassandra DL Fritz, M Bishr Omary