Mr Yvo de Boer - ELF Award Winner 2009

The ELF Award 2009 was awarded to Mr Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in recognition of his outstanding efforts to reduce the impact of climate change on respiratory health. Climate change is often viewed as a purely environmental issue. However, it has serious implications for human health, with one of the main organs affected being the lungs. The extent to which climate change may affect the respiratory system is not ...
Author: lungfoundation; Tags: European Lung Foundation ELF award 2009 Yvo de Boer Yvo de Boer Respiratory Society Congress Vienna Patient Public Climate Change Lungs Disease UNFCCC United Nations UN


















