February 26, 2020 - The commitment by the ALP to a target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050 is a welcome sign that Australia may eventually join 73 other countries in doing so, but it doesn’t go far enough, states DEA’s national co-chair Professor Kingsley Faulkner. Labor’s target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050 was delivered in a speech by the Leader of the Federal Opposition Hon Anthony Albanese MHR. The speech was also a withering criticism of the lack of federal leadership on climate change prior to the widespread devastation and death suffered during the horrific 2019/2020 summer and the prolonged...
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Human pressure on the natural environment is widening and escalating. Environmental threats to human wellbeing, health and survival has become evident over the past two to three decades.
Doctors for the Environment Australia seeks to raise awareness of the risks to local and global human health β present and future β from environmentally damaging and disruptive technological choices and related short-term economic priorities.
DEA is focussed on human-induced climate change, widely regarded as now the most serious, and growing, worldwide threat to human health and survival and to social stability.
In September 2019, Doctors for the Environment Australia declared a Climate Health Emergency and were supported by numerous medical organisations both in Australia and overseas.
Climate Change Resources
POLICY PAPER AND POSITION STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
DEA Policy: Action on climate change and health β governance and strategy : the need for federal leadership and new Commonwealth laws to guide climate change mitigation and adaptation with a focus on present and future threats.
FACTSHEETS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Heatwaves and Health (Jan 2020)
Bushfires and Health: our fire-prone continent is at particular risk from the impacts of climate change, and we are experiencing more extreme heat events, an increase in severe fire danger days and a longer fire season. (Dec 2017)
Severe storms, floods and your health (March 2017)
How Climate Change Affects Your Health: The Facts (September 2021)
PowerPoint presentation that details why climate change and sustainability is core business for health professionals and an essential part of health education. (July 2018)
DEA SUBMISSIONS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Zali Steggallβs climate change Bills (Nov 2020)
Submission: Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill 2023
October 30, 2023 - Dr. Shaun Watson & Dr. Cybele Dey appeared at the NSW Parliamentary inquiry (Planning and Environment Committee) into the Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill 2023 and presented DEA’s submission which was prepared by Drs Shaun Watson, Kim Loo and John Van Der Kallen. “…global health, and consequently the health of the people of NSW, is fundamentally dependent upon limiting climate warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” Our interpretation of the Bill in its entirety is that this target represents a minimum or ‘floor’ rather than a ‘ceiling’, and that the Net Zero Commission has the capacity to increase this...
How health is a climate change issue – ABC Environment Online Opinion
August 17, 2010 - by Eugenie Kayak, National Committee Member and Chair of Victorian Branch, Doctors for the Environment Australia. This article was published on the ABC Environment Online Opinion on August 17, 2010 Discussion of health has dominated this election campaign, but the comparatively fewer mentions of climate change have not reflected its importance as a health issue. THE HEALTH DEBATE that has dominated this election has seen significant pledges from both sides of politics concerning health care: more hospital beds, better mental health services, and new structures to improve efficiency and local control of services. However pledging billions of dollars to healthcare...
Independent Australia: Australia needs to commit to target of net-zero emissions by 2050
March 2, 2020 - After two decades of refusal to acknowledge the science of climate change, change, it has taken a national bushfire tragedy for policy-makers to wake-up, writes Dr John Iser From climate change denial to recent acceptance is a remarkable transformation which has both astonished and frustrated climate and health scientists and environmentalists. However, rather than outlining a comprehensive emissions reduction program, reports last week stated that the Australian Government is planning to take a “technology investment target” to the UN Summit in Glasgow later this year in an attempt to avoid signing up to a net-zero emissions target by 2050. If...
DEA joins statement from civil society organisations: Australia must slash climate pollution this decade
August 6, 2021 - August 6th, 2021 The political debate about climate change in Australia is stuck on whether the Federal Government should commit to net zero climate pollution by 2050. This is largely irrelevant to the real world climate crisis that’s harming Australians now, and endangering many of our livelihoods. The scientific consensus is that a rapid reduction in climate pollution is required by 2030 to avoid even more climate damage and keep the global 1.5 degree goal within reach. Australia needs greater, immediate climate action to protect our communities, economies, jobs, and nature. Setting a net zero emissions target for 2050 is...