Sandy Robertson

Really excited to be able to share this! @RCollEM position statement on #environmentallysustainable emergency healthcare. This sets out how how to reduce the impact of our practice on the planet and how we can tackle the #ClimateEmergency by advocating for swift decarbonisation

Competition for those in the Edinburgh area – share your flight-free stories 👇 @EMDrSandy you'll have a few, certainly?!

The cognitive dissonance at @thetimes right now it's scoring 11 on a 10 point scale !!! 🤯

RCEM welcomes the UK Government’s new strategy to significantly reduce the number of single-use medical devices in the NHS, called the Design for Life Roadmap. This mirrors the work of RCEM’s @GreenED_uk initiative, which measures and reduces the environmental impact of Emergency Departments in the UK, thus driving environmentally sustainable practices within the specialty of Emergency Medicine. Listen to RCEM’s Dr Sandy Robertson @EMDrSandy, RCEM’s ESIG Chair and Co Clinical Lead of the GreenED Programme below and for more information, visit greened.rcem.ac.uk

‘A full AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary scale disaster’. It takes many years but signs suggest it may begin to collapse over the coming years as soon as 2025. Please push for this to be reported. This situation is insane @susannareid100 @piersmorgan @mrjamesob @TomSwarbrick1 @deborahturness @CliveMyrieBBC @JohnSimpsonNews @OborneTweets @maitlis @jonsopel @vicderbyshire @Emmabarnett @rickedwards1 @TVNaga01 @AndrewMarr9 @krishgm @rachelburden @richardpbacon @tombradby @amolrajan @bbcnickrobinson @StephenNolan

Such an excellent illustration of how inefficient fossil fuels are and how manufactured our dependency actually is. Close to half of all shipping traffic worldwide is just moving fossil fuels around

Incredible interview with @EllaRobertaFdn by @KayBurley: “Air pollution is linked to everything: cancer, heart disease, dementia, miscarriages […] We need to do something.” “Children breathe toxic air every day. And we wonder why the NHS is broken. I’m so angry.”

A great wee reminder of when we started being #flightfree, 5 years so far!

If you are at #EUSEM2024 and want to find out more about the intersection between EM and the #ClimateCrisis Join @GreenED_uk at the sustainability session and learn what you can change in your practice to become more sustainable!

This is a HUGE Climate campaigners are always looking for our next fight. But we must celebrate wins @bmj_latest no longer accepting adverts from banks that fund fossil fuels shows the social license for fossil fuels is ending Props to @DoctorsXr who campaigned hard for this

Key findings on the current state of the climate from #IPCC’s 2021 #ClimateReport show: • Human-induced #climatechange is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/WGIR2021

In a competitive field this is one of the worst things I have ever read on climate change and net zero. A complete failure to understand either the pace of the clean tech revolution or the severity of the climate crisis. It is tacit climate denial and defeatism in equal measure.

This is all caused by the fossil fuel industry which has been lying and blocking action for decades

To stop such demented short term myopia, it's vital that the world unite behind a commitment for a rapid phase out of fossil fuels! We can all help make this a reality by campaigning for a @fossiltreaty in our countries, towns and institutions! x.com/fossiltreaty/s…

Ben Evanson sharing the great work going on in @nhsfife @VHK_FifeEM at the #RCEMasc Save money, save carbon and save the world!

Read that headline again Humanity's. future. is. in. the. balance. Are you really doing all you can to tip the scales?

Reminder that ferries are low carbon 👇

As I've said, dangerous climate change has already arrived. It's simply now a question of how bad we're willing to let it get. We must rapidly decarbonize our world to avert truly catastrophic & irreversible consequences. Vote like the planet depends on it. Because it does.

Come on Labour. Listen to the environmentalists, listen to your scientific advisers, fulfil that election promise. Ban bee-killing pesticides now. Not next year. Not the year after. NOW.

The range of posters from our teams across Scotland, all while working in the toughest conditions in Emergency Care many of us have ever known. Really heartening to see this excellent work.

@EMDrSandy and the @GreenED_uk call to arms to (each of us) prioritise this hugely important work for our future, our patients future, and our kids future. #RCEMasc