March 30, 2022 - Co-development of a ‘Planetary Health-Organ System Map’ for Graduate Medical Education It is imperative that educating the medical workforce to understand, address and mitigate the health effects of climate change ...
News & Media
Drs Astrid Jane and Nick Williams: we talk a lot about the environment with our children
March 29, 2022 - Bondi Junction doctors and DEA members Dr Astrid-Jane Williams and Dr Nick Williams fear how climate change could impact their children’s futures and so they decided to put the little ones to work on their first piece of political activism, getting them to help by sending drawings of their environmental concerns to political candidates. Full interview in The Daily Telegraph.
Dr Kim Loo for SBS News: Governments accused of failing to act as temperatures rise
March 25, 2022 - DEA member and NSW Chair of DEA Dr Kim Loo is interviewed on SBS News. Heatwaves have caused more deaths in Australia in the past 200 years than any other ...
Dr Kim Loo: Governments have a human rights obligation to protect populations from climate change
March 24, 2022 - Governments have a human rights obligation to protect their populations from the foreseeable harms of climate change-exacerbated heatwaves, particularly those most at risk such as children, older people, pregnant people, and people with disabilities.
DEA: All Electric Hospital Guide
March 24, 2022 - DEA’s sustainable health care Special Interest Group (SIG) have released a new guide for medical practitioners. ‘Building the next zero hospital to be net zero carbon emissions (all-electric): A six ...
Dr Carolyn Orr for TEDxUWA: End fossil fuels to protect human health
March 23, 2022 - Perth neurologist and DEA member Dr Carolyn Orr is a fearless and inspiring campaigner and public speaker, and a powerful advocate against fossil fuels in the interest of human health. ...
RACGP: Climate health impact posters, free to download and use in clinic waiting rooms
March 23, 2022 - Dr Kate Charlesworth, public health physician and DEA member along with RACGP have recently launched seven posters for waiting rooms, alerting patients to the risks of climate-health impacts. The posters have ...
Dr Brooke Ah Shay: Action on climate change needed now before NT heats up
March 20, 2022 - "The health issues associated with rising temperatures threatens the health and wellbeing of First Nations people in Australia, bringing with it a greater risk of mosquito-borne illnesses like Ross River virus, and higher rates of skin infection, amongst other things.”
National Close the Gap Day
March 17, 2022 - This National Close The Gap Day, DEA recognises and honours the enduring strength, resilience, and leadership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in caring for the health of community ...
Heat in rental homes routinely hits unhealthy levels in summer, new report shows
March 17, 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 in the Newcastle Herald, The ...
Dr David Shearman: The rural sector should be the healthy heart of the nation in the climate crisis
March 16, 2022 - Ultimately, our governments’ greatest failure is in their understanding of biodiversity and ecological services. The bottom line is the survival of soil and land. ‘As a doctor, this is my ...
Dr Kate Wylie: Eco-grief and eco-anxiety are rational responses to the harm being done to the environment
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 ...
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 ...