The suggestion by the NSW Minerals Council today that there is no evidence of harm from coal pollution is ludicrous, the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) said today. “In fact there is a huge body of evidence in the peer reviewed scientific literature that shows the toll from coal on a broad range of negative health impacts, including from […]
After the first week of the current UN climate talks in Lima, health professionals, public health experts and policy makers convened yesterday for the 2014 Climate and Health Summit. The packed program featured inspiring speakers such as Peru’s Minister of Health, Aníbal Velasquez Valdivia, the Vice President of the World Bank, Rachel Kyte and ex […]
Forum on 25 November 2014 at University of NSW, Sydney. The health of local and global communities is increasingly threatened by climate change, as made clear in the recent Fifth Assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But governments and the wider community are failing to recognise either the risks to health from failing to act, or […]
On September 21, as global leaders arrive for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s historic Climate Summit, hundreds of thousands of people will flood the streets of cities and towns around the world. Together, we will gather in solidarity to remind our leaders who they represent. Together, we will be the largest climate mobilisation the world has ever […]
A monster petition has been started, directed to the House of Representatives requesting bipartisan action for a safe climate future. You are invited to support it, by signing it yourself and encouraging others to do so. The website is www.monsterclimatepetition.com.au The Petition reminds politicians that it is “the fundamental duty of parliament to protect Australia’s people, […]
Australia’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is urging renewed action on climate change after a new report has revealed its deadly impacts across the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, states that “the impacts of climate change have already […]
Podcasts from the seminar on Environmental Health 14 March 2014: Professor Barbara Sattler RN Part 1: Environmental Health and Toxic Care Professor Barbara Sattler RN Part 2: Energy and Health – what every nurse should know Fiona Armstrong of CAHA: Climate change and opportunities for nurses Teresa Lewis RN: Environmentally Healthy Hospitals Click to listen […]
Rates of diabetes and climate change have been linked in a letter published on 3 February 2014 in the latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia. “Both diabetes and climate change threaten the wellbeing of millions of people worldwide. However they are both signs of the same crisis. Our lifestyles and the economic forces […]
Health groups that are part of the national alliance advocating for action on climate change to protect health have sounded the alarm on the Abbott government’s Direct Action Plan, saying the proposals fail to respond to the clear evidence and advice from climate scientists and health and medical experts on risk. “The Direct Action Plan […]
While the Australian government has refused to send a Minister to the global climate talks this month, an Australian film on climate, energy and health will feature in a session at the Global Climate and Health Summit being held in parallel with the United Nations global climate talks in Warsaw in November. The Human Cost […]
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