December 1, 2023 - 1st December On the 1st December, just prior to the COP28 Health Day on the 3rd December, representatives of the medical colleges for general practitioners (GPs), emergency doctors, rural and ...
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COP28 Open Letter on fossil fuels from the Global Medical and Health Community
November 7, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia has endorsed the open letter from the health community calling on the COP28 President and all national leaders to commit to an accelerated, just, and equitable ...
Larapinta Trek – For Health and the Environment
October 19, 2023 - We invite you to join us, Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) on the Larapinta Trek 2024, a thrilling charity challenge that combines a love of the natural environment with ...
Why the Voice is doctors’ business
September 6, 2023 - DEA supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a creation of First Nations Australians. The recognition and representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the Voice, enshrined ...
Croakey: As Australia braces for summer, health sector urged to take strong stand against governments’ support for fossil fuels
September 5, 2023 - Global heating requires our urgent attention, writes Dr Richard Yin. Like COVID, this is a public health emergency, and the signs are everywhere that the threat is escalating, exactly as ...
The Project: Experts warn Australia won’t cope with increasing heat
August 4, 2023 - DEA’s Executive Director Dr Kate Wylie was on The Project, talking about climate change and extreme weather, such as the deadly heat we’ve been seeing across the Northern Hemisphere. “If ...
The Canberra Times: What will Europe’s heat mean for us here in Australia?
July 28, 2023 - I’m concerned about what the implications of climate change will inevitably be for us, here in Australia, – especially over the coming summer, writes Kimberly Humphrey. As an emergency medicine ...
The Medical Republic: Doctors speak out against fracking in Beetaloo Basin
July 7, 2023 - Doctors are concerned about the impacts of fracking on their patients’ health, the environment and climate, and are urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to respond to NT’s decision to frack ...
Croakey: Health professionals urged to join fight against harmful developments in the Northern Territory
June 23, 2023 - DEA’s Dr Richard Yin and Dr Katherine Barraclough urge doctors, medical students and other health professionals from around the country to support the open letter calling on the Prime Minister ...
MEDIA ALERT: Doctors talk health and the environment at NSW Parliament
June 19, 2023 - Monday, June 19, 2023 What: Doctors for the Environment Australia will host its Healthy State, Healthy People forum for NSW MPs When: Tuesday, June 20. 5pm for a 5.30pm start Where: Jubilee Room, NSW Parliament ...
ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis
May 31, 2023 - Scientists, Indigenous leaders, and medical experts, including neurologist and DEA member, Dr Carolyn Orr, have called for change to the WA government’s fire management practices, raising concerns about the harms ...
MJAInsight: Doctors must ‘step up’ to confront climate crisis
May 1, 2023 - When the Australian Parliament recently passed the Safeguard Mechanism- the country’s most significant carbon emissions reduction legislation in over a decade- where was the health voice in the debate? DEA’s ...
AMA and DEA sign crucial partnership to lead action on climate change
April 28, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia is thrilled to renew its partnership with the AMA to address the severe health impacts of climate change. Today, AMA President Prof Steve Robson and ...
MJA: Why losing Australia’s biodiversity matters for human health- insights from the latest State of the Environment assessment
April 17, 2023 - Only with a healthy planet can we ensure healthy people. Yet while there is increasing understanding about the effects of climate change on our environment and our health, much less ...
Pearls & Irritations: Do universities with medical schools fail on fossil fuels?
March 29, 2023 - Universities have expertise in research and teaching in areas that are relevant to understanding global warming: geology, physics, mathematics, biology, oceanography, engineering, and atmospheric physics. Furthermore, those universities with medical ...
DEA’s response to the IPCC report
March 22, 2023 - The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlights the narrow window of opportunity that we now have for humanity to secure a liveable future, with deep emission cuts ...
Chats for Change with WWF-Australia – Can Trees Save Us?
March 10, 2023 - DEA’s Dr Kim Loo joins Olympic swimming champion, Bronte Campbell, and WWF’s resident tree expert, Dr Stuart Blanch to explore why trees are crucial for our health in the first ...
DEA goes to Canberra
March 8, 2023 - As trusted voices, doctors and others in the health sector, who are on the frontline of care, have a role in influencing policy in decarbonisation: The health of our patients, ...
Launch of joint DEA and WWF-A report: Trees. The forgotten heroes for our health
March 6, 2023 - Dr Cybele Dey, Dr Stuart Blanch, and Dr Kim Loo have launched a joint DEA/WWF-Australia report on the health benefits of trees. We all need trees. They’re not only magnificent, ...
Major new report: Vehicle emissions may cause over 11,000 deaths a year
February 24, 2023 - New estimates by Melbourne Climate Futures researchers shows that health impacts from vehicle emissions are likely to be far higher than previous figures informing policy decisions. A broad group of ...