What is EPICC?
EPICC is an affiliation of like-minded professionals supporting research into climate change and epilepsy.
"Climate change, with rising temperatures and humidity, will also increase the severity and frequency of extreme climate events and affect human disease risks. The consequent social and economic stresses and disruption will have major negative consequences on many aspects of health care. Many of the accompanying environmental, infrastructural and socioeconomic changes will adversely affect people with epilepsy." Sisodiya SM et al. Epilepsia Open (opens in external site)
EPICC is an affiliation of like-minded professionals involved in epilepsy who consider that climate change will likely have disproportionately adverse consequences for people with epilepsy. EPICC aims to encourage change from within the epilepsy community, and support research into climate change and epilepsy.
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22.5 tonnes
The estimated total carbon emissions for a typical year of conference travel for three individuals from three continents was 22.5 tonnes ranging from a 22% to 96% excess over the average annual carbon emissions per person.
News
Find out how climate change looks around the world:
How virtual epilepsy clinics could help save the planet
Did you know that seeing your doctor via a virtual clinic, rather than face-to-face, may be better for your health than you might have imagined? And, certainly better for the health of the planet.
Climate change and epilepsy: MP calls for funding
The Epilepsy Society were delighted that our local MP, Sarah Green, chose to mention the effects of climate change on people with epilepsy in her first ever question to the Prime Minister.
#TheEnvironMentalIssue at COP26
During COP26, we launched EpiCC’s #TheEnvironMentalIssue, a living newspaper made from algae issued in partnership with The Herald (Scotland’s broadsheet newspaper). The issue was voted best campaign at the UN summit by PR Week UK.
Could better building design help to reduce seizures?
Scientists at the Epilepsy Society are already looking at how climate change is affecting people with severe epilepsy. But now they are also trying to find out how a fluctuation in temperature inside the charity's residential care homes could also impact seizures.
How climate change is affecting our brains
Climate change, and its effects on weather patterns and adverse weather events, is likely to negatively affect the health of people with brain conditions, says a team of researchers led by Epilepsy Society's Director of Genomics, Professor Sanjay Sisodiya.
The first EPICC conference: epilepsy in change
Welcome to the first conference on Epilepsy Climate Change introduced by neurologist professor Sanjay Sisodiya.
Upcoming events
Join us for one of the following events for more information on climate change and its possible effects on epilepsy, or health and healthcare more broadly:
Events coming soon...
Footnotes:
EPICC, Epilepsy Climate Change
References:
1. Sisodiya SM et al. Lancet Neurology 2019; 18:335–336.
2. Sisodiya SM et al. Epilepsia Open 2019; 4:524–536.
3. Watts N et al. Lancet 2018; 392:2479–514.
4. Seizures and Hot summers 10-08-20