Lunch Hour Lecture: The planet, economy and ourselves post-Covid: health trends in rich countries

COVID-19 reminds us of our deep vulnerability to environmental threats. Climate change is the biggest threat of all, and rich countries must seize this moment to build a truly sustainable future. This brief lecture reflects on a major obstacle to such transformation: the widespread assumption that economic growth is obligatory in the interest of our wellbeing and health. Recent low growth and stagnant health trends in UK and USA suggest, indeed, that population health improvement may stop in the post-COVID world. Living conditions cannot simply be transplanted from one context to another, however in Japan, health continues to improve and socioeconomic inequality in wellbeing remained small, despite low economic growth over recent decades. Date: Thursday 28 May Speakers: Professor Eric Brunner,Professor of Social and Biological Epidemiology at UCL Free to attend, live stream or watch online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7vFbAmvRA&t=11s More info : http://events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLMinds #MadeAtUCL