March 13, 2022 - Dr Kate Wylie, Adelaide GP and chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ climate and environmental medicine group and DEA member was interviewed by WA Today on March ...
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Dr Kim Loo: Ambitious climate action is the greatest opportunity of the 21st century
March 10, 2022 - NSW Chair of DEA, GP Dr Kim Loo spoke with Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) in this empowering and visionary video about the possibilities of Australia’s low carbon future. Australia ...
Dr Nicole Sleeman: Floods are made worse by climate change and they cost the economy billions of dollars
March 10, 2022 - Cairns GP and DEA member Dr Nicole Sleeman was interviewed by Murray Jones on 4CA Breakfast show in Cairns about the human health impacts of climate change across Far North ...
Media release: Floods, climate disasters harm kids’ mental health
March 10, 2022 - The catastrophic floods in Queensland and New South Wales are having severe mental health and well-being impacts on children, according to health experts in flood affected areas. Sydney-based child and ...
Dr John Van Der Kallen: Now is the time to tell our politicians that we want a safer future
March 8, 2022 - Newcastle-based rheumatologist and Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia Dr John Van Der Kallen was interviewed by Croakey about the IPCC report and the once in 1000 year flooding ...
Dr Richard Yin: People ask about the cost of action. We should also be asking, what is the cost of inaction of climate change.
March 7, 2022 - The science is very clear that climate change is being caused by fossil fuel combustion. It is also very clear that this will have enormous health impacts both locally and globally.
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. ...
Dr Michelle Hamrosi is raising her voice for climate action following the release of the IPCC report
March 1, 2022 - DEA member and GP from Broulee, NSW Dr Michelle Hamrosi lived through the Black Summer fires, and saw what this did to health in her region. She talks about the IPCC report's findings.
Dr Nicole Sleeman: We need to restore clean air, water and land for our health
March 1, 2022 - Climate related trauma is far-reaching and requires a response on a personal, community and national level,” Dr Nicole Sleeman, Cairns based GP and DEA member told The Courier Mail. On ...
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 ...
Dr Catherine Pendrey: climate change impacts our health in many ways
March 1, 2022 - "In general practice, we’re seeing more people coming in who have experienced trauma from bushfires, floods and droughts and who experience mental health impacts," explains Melbourne GP Dr Catherine Pendrey to The Herald Sun.
Dr Kate Charlesworth: The IPCC report is a stark warning for Australia’s leaders with their current emissions trajectory
March 1, 2022 - Public health physician and DEA member Dr Kate Charlesworth commented on the recently released IPCC report in a Channel 7 News report. Conservation groups say the latest global report by ...
AMA and DEA outline plan to reduce healthcare’s carbon footprint to top health bureaucrats
February 27, 2022 - The AMA and DEA outlined their plans to heads of state and federal health departments to reduce the healthcare sector’s carbon footprint.
Explainer: What does heat do to the body – and how does it kill?
February 27, 2022 - Deadly heatwaves are on the rise around the globe. But exactly what does the heat do to us – and what’s the best way to stay cool? DEA’s NSW Chair ...
Dr Brooke Ah Shay: GPs should be central to disaster relief
February 25, 2022 - The extreme weather events induced by climate change affect health in myriad ways, writes Dr Brooke Ah Shay, Northern Territory Chair for DEA in Medical Republic magazine. “GPs should be ...
DEA welcomes the news of the early retirement of Eraring coal power station
February 17, 2022 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) welcomes the announcement of early retirement of Eraring coal power station. Origin has outlined how security of electricity supply will be maintained, and that ...
Dr George Crisp: Climate change and doctors – this is absolutely ‘our lane’
February 10, 2022 - Perth GP and DEA member Dr George Crisp’s call to action for doctors to tackle climate change as a health emergency in Medical Forum magazine on February 10, 2022. 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 ...
High value health care is low carbon health care
February 7, 2022 - A research paper released today in MJA shows that eliminating 'low value' health care would save Australia over 8,000 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year
Have you stopped wearing reusable fabric masks? Here’s how to cut down waste without compromising your health
February 3, 2022 - An article about COVID-19 medical waste co-authored by DEA member Forbes McGain, University of Melbourne; along with Aleasha McCallion, Monash University; and Kim Borg, Monash University. This article originally appeared ...