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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After Hours Webinar: Create a safe path to a safe earth
November 21, 2023 - Webinar recording now available. As the world enters an era of climate and ecological crisis, it is time for a historic re-imaging of how we think about and approach security. ...
Two-thirds of Australians back doctors’ call for “health trigger” for coal, gas projects
November 13, 2023 - Two-thirds of Australians support the federal government making new fossil fuel project approvals dependent on an assessment of their health impacts, according to new research by Doctors for the Environment ...
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 ...
Fracking in the Beetaloo: Doctors urge PM to extend water trigger by Christmas
October 23, 2023 - Doctors For the Environment Australia is calling on the federal government to deliver a promise it made last year to expand the water trigger in the nation’s nature laws before ...
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 ...
The Guardian: Floods linked to increased deaths from heart and lung disease, Australian-led research shows
October 6, 2023 - A new study linking floods and a rise in deaths from heart and lung diseases highlights the need for Governments to protect people for weeks after the event, according to ...
The Guardian: Australians are being urged to develop heatwave plans. Here’s what you need to know
September 22, 2023 - Heatwaves have already begun in southern Australia this spring, and more are predicted over the summer months on the back of an El Nino declaration and worsening climate change. Dr ...
Medical sector calls for urgent action on climate change and investment in healthcare sustainability
September 22, 2023 - The Australian Medical Association and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) are calling on federal, state and territory governments and the wider healthcare sector to take urgent action against climate ...
Media release: Health workers and consumers tell NSW Government “don’t make us cough up for Eraring”
September 11, 2023 - Health workers are calling on the NSW Government to stick to the Eraring coal power station’s current closure date for the sake of the community’s health. Ten health organisations, representing ...
Guardian: Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects, report finds
September 6, 2023 - DEA National Chair Dr John Van Der Kallen has welcomed a comprehensive report, based on a review of over 300 peer-reviewed studies, that demonstrates the health risks of fracking projects. ...
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 ...
MJAInsight+: Embedding sustainability in health care – our wellbeing depends on it
June 5, 2023 - The health sector, whose role is to protect public health, must be front and centre in the battle against climate change, write Dr Eugenie Kayak and Dr Ben Dunne. Australia’s ...
DEA welcomes Victoria’s ambitious targets to net-zero emissions by 2045
June 5, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) welcomes the Victorian Government’s emission reduction targets of 75-80% by 2035 and a net zero target by 2045 (brought forward from 2050). DEA has ...
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 ...