Planetary health and the heart: Environmental risks and cardiovascular health

Can addressing environmental risk factors support cardiovascular disease prevention?

From extreme heat, flash floods and bushfire smoke to air pollution and climate change, environmental factors are having an increasing impact on cardiovascular health. As evidence continues to emerge, there is growing recognition of the role these factors play in cardiovascular disease and the opportunities for prevention and action.

Join the Heart Foundation and CSANZ for Planetary Health and the Heart: Environmental Risks and Cardiovascular Health, an expert-led webinar exploring the connection between environmental exposures and cardiovascular disease, and practical opportunities to support both patient and planetary health.

What you’ll learn:

• How environmental factors influence cardiovascular health.
• The cardiovascular impacts of air pollution and extreme heat.
• Which populations are most vulnerable to environmental health risks.
• Practical strategies to reduce environmental cardiovascular risk.
• Opportunities to support both heart health and planetary health.

Please note this webinar has not been accredited and certificates will not be issued.