{"id":4070,"date":"2019-12-26T18:50:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=4070"},"modified":"2019-12-26T18:51:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:51:01","slug":"uitms-role-honoured-in-top-climate-change-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2019\/12\/26\/uitms-role-honoured-in-top-climate-change-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UiTM’s Role Honoured in Top Climate Change Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New Straits Times<\/em><\/a>
by Rayyan Rafidi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) recently marked a significant milestone after being named as one of the 35 partner institutions listed in the \u201cLancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change 2019\u201d, a report published annually in The Lancet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It joined the ranks of leading academic institutions and United Nations agencies, namely University College London and the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, the report provides an assessment on the health effects of climate change, developments in the implementation of the 2016 Paris Agreement, and the health implications of these actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It draws on the expertise of climate scientists, ecologists, mathematicians, economists, social and political scientists and doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lancet is one of the world\u2019s most prestigious general medical journal with an impact factor of 53.102. This year\u2019s report featured UiTM\u2019s Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology senior lecturer Dr Meisam Tabatabaei Pozveh as a lead collaborator in biofuel research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UiTM was given the honour to launch this year\u2019s report. Held at UiTM Puncak Alam on Dec 12, the event comprised a series of climate change talks and a health exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his speech via Skype, Lancet Countdown executive director Dr Nick Watts said the report served as a global monitoring system on the links between climate change and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor far too long, climate change is seen as a phenomenon that affects only the environment. Understanding it and re-imagining it as a public health issue is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate change actually looks like child malnutrition or the exacerbation of asthma. When we view climate change not as a tangible concept, but as a threat to human health, then we start to understand that no country is immune. Low-income countries are bearing the brunt of the impacts,\u201d said Dr Watts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Colorado Boulder\u2019s Centre for Science and Technology Policy Research director Associate Professor Dr Maxwell Boykoff then took the stage to discuss the report\u2019s key messages and highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst, the life of every child born today will be profoundly affected by climate change. Without accelerated interventions, it will define their health throughout their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe second key message urges us to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2\u02daC above pre-industrial levels, which is the central objective of the Paris Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An unprecedented challenge demanded an unprecedented response, he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe scale of our response does not commensurate with the immense scale of challenges. The report hopes to address that gap by wisely confronting climate change in the 21st century.\u201d Read more …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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