EnvCaucus-MeetingAgenda-Oct2025

WMA ENVIRONMENT CAUCUS
Thursday 9 October 2025, 5.30-6.30 pm (local time UTC+1)
Room Douro IV, Pestana Douro Riverside
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AGENDA
Chair: Dr. Ankush Bansal, Immediate Past Chair of WMA Workgroup on Environment
1. Addressing environmental and health challenges in Portugal
1.1 Presentation by Dr. Lúcio Meneses de Almeida, Coordinator of the ‘One Health’
Committee, President of the National Council for Health Promotion and
Environmental Sustainability of the Portuguese Medical Association
1.2 Discussion
2. Sustainable and net-zero healthcare services (NHS initiative in UK)
2.1 The perspective of the British Medical Association – by Dr David Strain, Chair of the
BMA’s Board of Science & Professor in Cardiometabolic Health at the University of
Exeter Medical School
2.2 Discussion
3. International negotiations for a plastic treaty
3.1 Current status and follow-up – by Dr. Lujain Alqodmani, Immediate Past-President of
the WMA
3.2 Discussion
4. Highlight on best practices by WMA members
4.1 Open exchange of information
5. Any other business
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