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AMA and DEA Make Joint Call for Emissions Reduction in Healthcare
Climate change is a health emergency, which is already contributing to life-threatening illness and deaths and the Australian healthcare sector is part of the problem – contributing about 7 per cent to Australia’s national carbon...
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Report: Net Zero Emissions for Australia’s healthcare sector (14 Dec 2020)
Towards net zero emissions in healthcare The changing climate is exposing our patients and communities to more frequent and intense extreme weather. Health professionals are increasingly treating climate-related illnesses, and ......
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Australia’s duty to the world: Stop mining coal
“Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who some accuse of closet climate denial, has said “But what’s important is that we continue to extract and get the value from the opportunity and wealth that’s ......
UncategorizedSubmissions Protocol: Revised September 2021
FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO WRITE SUBMISSIONS See Appendix 1 How to initiate a potential submission: · Track state and federal enquiries and identify those of relevance ...
Other ResourcesMEDIA STATEMENT: Climate emergency a public health emergency which must get top priority – this decade
In an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, which comes just weeks before a major climate conference in Glasgow, Australian doctors have warned Australia must significantly lift its commitment ......
Media Releases News & MediaNational Sustainable Healthcare Unit Proposal
Doctors for the Environment Australia supports the development of national Sustainable Healthcare Unit to coordinate environmentally sustainable initiatives in health care and reduce its carbon footprint. It would: standardise...
Fact Sheets Sustainable Health CareDoctors group applauds sensible comments on coal closure
It is of great importance that NSW phases out electricity generation from coal this decade, so we are relieved to hear the NSW Energy and Environment Minister Hon Matt Kean ......
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Fact Check on Meeting GHG Targets
By Dr Ben Ewald Question: Is Australia on track to reach its 2030 target of a 26% reduction from 2005 levels? To reach zero, all sectors will have to cut emissions, ......
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The climate apocalypse: Can a collapse of global civilisation be avoided?
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said “a target of net zero 2050 emissions to address the climate emergency is an illusion, net zero must be in the next decade. There must ......
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Young People’s Climate Anxiety is Valid; Not Caused By So-Called “Alarmist” Activism
– Recent efforts by two Liberal MPs to link mental health problems in young people to “alarmist” climate activism in an effort to secure extra funding for the school chaplaincy ......
Climate Change Featured News & Media Opinion PiecesDEA Member Pens Cover Story in Spring Edition of VICDOC
Hayden Burch has authored an outstanding article in the Spring edition of the magazine, VICDOC. You can access it here....
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How Climate Change Affects Your Health: The Facts
– We’re proud to launch our new briefing document: How Climate Change Affects Your Health: The Facts....
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