April 13, 2012 - We thank the author Rosemary Lister, Professor of Climate and Environmental Law at University of Sydney and The Conversation for permission to publish under creative commons. On 28 March the Intergovernmental Panel ...
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Sustainability. The most Corrupted Word in the English Language
March 28, 2012 - If you have any commitment to the future of humanity you will groan when you see the word sustainability. It must be the most corrupted word in the English language, ...
Climate change, an important study “What Australia can learn from the world’s best de-carbonisation
March 23, 2012 - We thank the authors John Wiseman and Jaegan Edwards and The Conversation https://theconversation.edu.au/ for permission to publish under Creative Commons Around the world an increasing number of detailed policy road ...
The Greening of Medicine
March 6, 2012 - By Ray Moynihan This paper in the British Medical Journal explores early preparations for a low carbon health system The following are excerpts: The depth of the climate crisis has ...
Climate change will shake the Earth
February 28, 2012 - This article from Bill McGuire professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London. Summarises his recent book “Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and ...
Population is ‘our biggest challenge’ says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington
February 24, 2012 - DEA has a population policy and we remind DEA members that population growth is one of the main drivers in climate change. This excellent article from The Ecologist will bring you ...
Environmental and Development Challenges: the Imperative to Act
February 23, 2012 - DEA readers were introduced to the Millennium Alliance in 2009 http://mahb.stanford.edu/ The statement which follows comes from some of the most perceptive brains in the world and is published by ...
Living in the dusty shadow of coal mining
January 29, 2012 - Paul Cleary writes in the Australian (28/1/12). AUSTRALIA’S resources boom is already generating a lot of dust, noise and fumes, and the amount stirred up is only going to increase, ...
Climate Change & Health Report Launch
November 30, 2011 - The Climate Commission launched an important Climate Change & Health report on November 2011. DEA endorsed the report which was co-authored by DEA Scientific Committee member Professor Tony McMichael. Also ...
Stanford’s Paul Ehrlich fears the worst for a planet with 7 billion residents
October 26, 2011 - From Stanford University News Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich still sees runaway population growth as a threat to the planet, but is hopeful that humans can avoid the first catastrophic collapse ...
Coal’s Control of Government
August 11, 2011 - Many thanks to PhD candidate Sonya Duss, from the Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU, for this article. A referenced version of this article is downloadable via the ...
Wildlife, biodiversity, climate change, population and economic growth
May 8, 2011 - We need more politicians who will talk at public meetings about the damage to ecology–our life support systems. This is exactly what Kelvin Thomson MP is doing in his talk ...
Fears over gas drilling more than hot air
February 23, 2011 - Last night’s ABC Four Corners program on coal seam gas can be a first important step in reform to protect the public’s health. It raises the question of why an ...
WHO – Children’s Environmental Health Training Modules
January 8, 2011 - A collection of over 30 modules with internationally harmonised information and peer-reviewed materials to enable health care workers to be trained, and also to become trainers of their peers and ...
Hypocritical Canada and the asbestos trade, a brief review of a world problem
December 11, 2010 - The ravages of asbestos induced lung disease are well known to the Australian community, but the problem continues throughout the world particularly in developing countries. This is a brief review ...
Future Justice edited by Helen Sykes; climate change and justice
November 30, 2010 - In making representations to our colleagues on the need to mitigate climate change we should not delude ourselves that all will bow to the reasoning of science, nor to the ...
Biodiversity, a fundamental for Human Health – an update
November 14, 2010 - Three years ago DEA produced a poster on Biodiversity – the Web of Life. It asked “Will the next generation inhabit a healthy earth?” The poster was very popular especially ...
Economic Health Growth
August 27, 2010 - Economic Health & Growth (High Res) Economic Health & Growth (Low Res) The words ‘economic growth’ appear in most news bulletins and political articles in the press. This poster raises ...
Pharmaceuticals; Permanent Pollutants in the Environment
June 21, 2010 - This article prepared for the ISDE web site raises the issue of pharmaceuticals in the environment and their possible appearance in recycled water, a highly relevant topic as we move ...
Drought, drying and climate change: emerging health issues for ageing Australians in rural areas
April 1, 2010 - Published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing, the abstract is reproduced here. Older Australians living in rural areas have long faced significant challenges in maintaining health. Their circumstances are shaped ...