Where do we go from here?

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Join our London to Paris bike ride and start reducing your emissions and improving your health NOW!

Even if you've only got a few minutes to spare, you can still do something!

I only have 5 minutes...

Learn. Watch this video where Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development talks about Climate Change and Global Poverty - Can you spot the link?

Act. Go around your house and turn off at the mains all the sockets that aren't being used, turn off any lights or appliances you aren't using, and see if you can't turn your thermostat one degree lower - Summer is on its way, who needs the heating on now anyway?

Students, you've always got a minute left! So why not join Medsin's 'Healthy Planet' Campaign ?

I only have 10 minutes...

Learn. Watch this video on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change which introduces the conclusion of the Lancet-UCL Commission that climate change is the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century.

Act. Sign up to the 10:10 Campaign and start taking steps to achieve a 10% cut in your carbon emissions before the end of 2010.

Health professionals, have a flick through this Carbon Reduction Strategy for the NHS - do you understand the 10 vision statements of the 10 areas of carbon reduction? Is this enough?

Advocate. Read this article on the life-saving effects of disaster risk reduction in Mozambique and share it with your friends via email, Twitter or Facebook. You can help them understand the devastating effects of inaction and the invaluable benefits of urgent action.

I can spare 30 minutes.

Learn. Read this article to understand the link between Climate Change and Refugees - How will they be protected?

Read the WHO's excellent summary of the global health impacts of climate change - what do you think is the most severe health threat from climate change?

Act. Read the action points in our first section, turn all your lights off, then go to the governmental website Act on Copenhagen and measure your own carbon footprint- How can you bypass Copenhagen's failures and directly lower your own footprint?

Health professionals, sign the Climate and Health Council's pledge to protect health through active engagement to limit the causes of human-caused climate change.