How are doctors dealing with climate change? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

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Did you know that climate change is already having major health impacts around the world, and they are expected to get bigger as our planet gets warmer? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM These impacts range from heat stroke to the spread of tropical diseases; from hospitals losing power during extreme weather to the effect on our mental health. In this edition of The Climate Question filmed in July 2025, Graihagh Jackson chats to two doctors from Malaysia and Egypt about the challenges the medical sector faces. She hears how training for doctors need to be modernised and how listening to local communities is often the best way forward. Plus, how the healthcare sector is starting to take action to address its own emissions problem – from powering hospitals with solar panels to using more carbon-friendly anaesthetics! 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Meet our doctors, Jemilah Mahmood and Omnia El Omrani 02:58 Climate change is also a medical problem 04:33 Seeing extreme weather in Mozambique, Egypt, USA 06:36 The impact of air pollution 08:15 Updating the medical curriculum 11:55 How tropical diseases are spreading 14:10 Healthcare’s own emissions problem 17:26 What would a climate-resistant hospital look like? 19:19 Linking health and climate action in Indonesia 21:03 What’s the role of government? Watch more episodes from The Climate Question here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dlFahw2svjb6-aW_BVOn4x Have you got a question for us? Let us know in the comments 👇 ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Health#ClimateAction#Doctors#TropicalDiseases#Heat#AirPollution #GlobalWarming#ClimateChange#Malaysia#Egypt#Philippines#Indonesia#Thailand