May 26, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) welcomes the Victorian Government’s decision to end native forest logging by January next year- six years ahead of schedule. Victorian DEA Chair Dr ...
Media Releases
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 ...
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 ...
Media release: Doctors call for better education on indoor gas health risks
December 5, 2022 - Despite the known health risks of cooking with gas, doctors are often unaware of the risks, according to an article that has been published in the Australian Journal of General Practice. ...
Surgeons first to sign up to new green guidelines
November 18, 2022 - The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has become the first medical college in Australia to sign up to the newly released Green College Guidelines. The guidelines, which have been ...
Media Release: Climate Change Performance Index ranks Australia 55
November 15, 2022 - Members of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) are disappointed their country has been ranked 55 in the recent release of the Germanwatch Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). While Australia ...
Media Release: Victorian Government urged to end native forest logging
November 10, 2022 - As the federal government considers joining the global push to halt deforestation by 2030 at COP27 this week, the Victorian government is facing calls at home to end native forest ...
Media Release: Mapping climate change and health into the medical curriculum resource
November 7, 2022 - A new and internationally rare example of student-staff co-development of systematic planetary health and healthcare sustainability curriculum resources for teaching medicine connects the dots between foundational medical learning and the ...
AMA / DEA Media Release: Impact of climate change on public health recognised in the federal budget
October 26, 2022 - The Australian Medical Association and Doctors for the Environment Australia say the federal government’s budget commitment to establish a National Health Sustainability and Climate Unit is a big win in ...
AMA/DEA Media Release: Governments and the healthcare sector must lead on climate change
August 10, 2022 - Australian doctors are pushing for greater buy-in from the health care sector to reduce its carbon footprint and are urging further action from medical colleges who signed up to a ...
Doctors for the Environment believe climate was decider for voters in Australia
May 23, 2022 - National Chair of Doctors for the Environment, John Van Der Kallen said climate change is now a deciding issue for Australian voters from all sides of politics. “I think we ...
Media Release: Dr Cybele Dey: Mental health is the unseen casualty of climate change
May 20, 2022 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) congratulates the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress 2022 “A Climate of Change”, the New South Wales Australian Medical Association and a series of Climate Change and Mental ...
Doctors ask Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reconsider funding for the oil industry
April 14, 2022 - Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pledge to inject more funding into the oil industry risks Australians’ health and should be reconsidered, Doctors for the Environment say. Doctors for the Environment Chair ...
Devastating floods reinforce need for urgent action on climate change, says AMA
March 5, 2022 - Recent floods have tragically highlighted climate change dangers and added urgency for more to be done to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, the AMA said today. ...
IPCC Report: The faster we cut emissions, the more damage we avoid
March 1, 2022 - In light of the IPCC report released today, Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), Dr John Van Der Kallen explains that Australia needs to step up, take a ...
Human health at risk as climate-related fires rage in WA
February 8, 2022 - As fires threaten lives across huge swathes of WA and floods disrupt food deliveries, doctors are urging state and federal governments to take urgent action to mitigate the worst effects ...
Media release: Labor’s emissions reduction target is out of step with the science
December 3, 2021 - Labor’s new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, if it wins power at the next election, is much weaker than what we need to curb ...
Germanwatch: Australia 58th on the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)
November 8, 2021 - Australia slipped four places to 58th in this year’s CCPI, remaining behind many developed economies. Very low ratings were given for its performance in every category. DEA is not surprised that Australia’s rating on climate action has slipped and ...
COP26: DEA welcomes promise to end deforestation by 2030
November 3, 2021 - DEA welcomes the announcement of global plans to reverse deforestation. As well as being a key part of fighting climate change, our forests are vital to our health and well-being. ...
Joint statement: Zero is good. Now we need to slash emissions in the most important decade of our lives
October 27, 2021 - We welcome the Morrison Government’s commitment to a target of net zero greenhouse gas pollution and now, to achieve this target, we expect the government to drive the slashing of ...