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 ...
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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘Difference between life and death’: Doctors sound alarm on western Sydney’s lack of trees
March 6, 2023 - A group of doctors has issued a dire health warning about the lack of trees Western Sydney reports 9News. Doctors for the Environment Australia member Dr Cybele Dey said “People ...
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 ...
Washington Post: Long-term exposure to pollution linked to depression, study finds
February 6, 2023 - Potential links between pollution and mental health are a serious issue, said Dr Cybele Dey, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and member of Doctors for the Environment Australia, in the ...
ABC: A greener view
January 16, 2023 - Urban areas where the heat-island effect occurs can make summer heat especially unbearable. Melbourne’s western suburbs suffer from a lack of tree cover, averaging less than 6% tree canopy, compared with 26% ...
The New Daily: Climate change and extreme weather events have doctors worried
January 13, 2023 - When extreme weather happens, there is always a health risk. Australians have seen the impacts of severe flooding on the nation’s east coast in 2022 and now in Western Australia’s ...
Croakey: As devastating floods raise wide-ranging health concerns, experts stress importance of planning for future climate events
January 13, 2023 - The record-breaking floods in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have had far-reaching impacts on communities, infrastructure, transport, emergency, and health services. Experts have called on federal and state governments ...
Daily Telegraph: Mapped- Australia’s looming heatwave problem
December 19, 2022 - Australian heatwaves are set to be more severe, with massive implications for work, sport and health. According to the data from Monash University’s 360 info team, the trend will be ...
Croakey: COP27 – a missed opportunity for Australian health ministers and departments to lead on climate action
December 16, 2022 - The recent COP27 meeting was an important opportunity to advance health and climate policy discussions. However, Australian health and medical leaders have expressed disbelief at the silence from Australia’s health ...
ABC: Climate change is impacting mental health. Queensland farmers are doing something about it
December 16, 2022 - Farmers and rural communities in large parts of regional and rural Queensland are seeing the impacts of climate change first-hand. Community support, collaboration and resilience are helping them to deal ...
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 ...
Medicos pressing for greater climate action
November 4, 2022 - “This is a public health crisis….It is really important for the health sector to step up and speak out about it” says Dr Kim Loo. Dr Kim Loo DEA’s NSW ...
Dr David Shearman: Can China lead the way on climate reparations?
October 31, 2022 - Dr David Shearman is co-founder of DEA and Emeritus Professor of medicine at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He is co-author of “The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure ...
Ditch fracking to protect our health
September 25, 2022 - “It is time we stopped being at the mercy of big business” Dr. Brooke Ah Shay NT News 25 September 2022 THIS week’s news of Origin Energy’s divestment from the ...
DEA joins health leaders for a better, healthier future
September 9, 2022 - Climate change is first and foremost a health issue and is a major concern for the health sector. DEA joined leading health organisations at the Climate and Health Alliance Health Leaders ...
iDEA22: Time To Act. It’s a wrap!
September 9, 2022 - Thank you to our exceptional speakers, as well as our wonderful delegates, sponsors, our organising team, staff, and everyone who made iDEA22: Time To Act such a hugely exciting, inspiring ...