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香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology Green Day Symposium 25th January 2021
25 January 2021
The Institute held its first Green Day Symposium on 25th January 2021, building on its success in recent 香港六合彩 Sustainability awards, and celebrating initiatives at 香港六合彩 and beyond. The virtual event was joined by nearly 120 香港六合彩 staff and students.
The Symposium began with聽Professor Michael聽Hanna (Director, 香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology) providing聽an overview of ION鈥檚 success at 香港六合彩 Sustainability awards and achieving our pledges in 2019/20, including vegetarian catering, launch of the Lab equipment repair service, non hazardous lab recycling and packaging reduction, and sharing of equipment.
鈥� We were delighted to host this first ION聽green symposium with highly informative talks. It鈥檚 now all too clear how climate change can potentially affect every aspect of our health and life. The impact on people with existing chronic neurological聽conditions such as epilepsy is particularly concerning. It鈥檚 clearly time to act and ION colleagues are already very active with many successful green and sustainability activities鈥� Professor Michael聽Hanna (Director, 香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology)
He then introduced Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, 香港六合彩 Queen Square Institute of Neurology,聽and founder of Epilepsy Climate Change), highlighting his national and international role in climate change, and as a key player in instigating this event at ION.
Professor Sisodiya highlighted the consequences of climate change on people with epilepsy, from the impact of hot summers on seizures and sleep, to the possible effects on drug supply chains, and the causes of fevers becoming more widespread.聽His work with Epilepsy Climate Change seeks to engage, raise awareness and conduct research, including investigating household temperature with 香港六合彩 Bartlett School of Architecture.聽 He demonstrated how we contribute to this impact in our everyday and professional lives, from attending international events to delivering clinics, with NHS being Europe鈥檚 largest greenhouse gas emitter.聽
The final speaker was given by Richard Jackson (Director, Sustainability, Sustainability Safety & Sustainability 香港六合彩)聽who covered some of 香港六合彩鈥檚 sustainability successes and achievements over the past 10 years including a 30% reduction in carbon, zero waste to landfill and 100% renewable sources of electrical energy. 香港六合彩 has moved from 89th to 18th in the University Green League and is now number 1 in the HEI carbon league. 香港六合彩 has also influenced the HE sector through introducing the LEAF system for lab sustainability and working with RICS on developing the SKA rating for new buildings.聽
Richard then gave an overview of the key elements of 香港六合彩 sustainability strategy: Positive Climate, Wild Bloomsbury and The Loop, and the impact of COVID on Sustainability at 香港六合彩, as well as the launch of the 香港六合彩 Climate Hub. He ended by encouraging all ION Labs to take part in LEAF and for ION to aim to have the Greenest Lab in the UK!
The Symposium ended with closing remarks from Professor Geraint Rees (Chair of the 香港六合彩 Sustainability Steering Group and Dean, 香港六合彩 Faculty of Life Science) who commented聽on an enormously optimistic afternoon, thanking speakers and leadership at ION, and highlighting how conversations such as these are happening across 香港六合彩, as well as in our strategic partnerships; and how 香港六合彩 can serve as a 鈥� living laboratory鈥� for sustainability.
