International Climate and Health Campaigner
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)
India
Shweta Narayan coordinates the Global Climate and Health Campaign for Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), an international NGO in 81 countries dedicated to making health care available and environmentally sustainable. She facilitates HCWH’s health professional mobilization initiatives and coordinates staff activities and strategic campaign planning. She is based in India and has over two decades of experience advocacy and community organizing experience on environmental justice issues. Her work focuses on providing legal, media and scientific research support to the residents of polluted communities and workers exposed to toxic chemicals. She also has worked with state and local governments in India to coordinate the input of health professional in developing climate and environmental health policies. She has an undergraduate degree in business and a master’s degree in social work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai.
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Jan
PS2.2
Road to Net Zero Emission - The Geopolitics of Energy Transitions and Health Nexus