February 2, 2022 - Emergency medicine specialist and deputy chair of the SA Doctors for the Environment Australia, Dr Kimberly Humphrey was interviewed by news.com.au on the 2nd of February about the immediate, medium ...
News & Media
Dr Bill Castleden: The role of WA’s doctors in protecting WA’s forests should not be forgotten
February 1, 2022 - “The role of doctors in past campaigns to protect WA’s forests should not be forgotten,” DEA founding member and retired surgeon Dr Bill Castelden told Medical Forum. WA Forest Alliance ...
Dr Cybele Dey: The invisible impact of climate change
January 27, 2022 - Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Cybele Dey is the Chair of the Mental Health Working Group and a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) based in Sydney. In ...
Dr John Iser: Some of these hot days are unliveable days
January 27, 2022 - Dr John Iser, Board member for Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald along with Andrew Gissing, general manager of Risk Frontiers. January 27 ...
Dr Kate Charlesworth: Children are more at risk from gas stoves in the home
January 27, 2022 - Dr Kate Charlesworth, Doctors for the Environment member and public health physician was interviewed by ABC News Australia about the dangers of leaking methane from natural gas stoves. This poses ...
Dr Richard Yin: Heat waves are a real threat, we must cut emissions this decade
January 25, 2022 - Another day of 40 degrees. What does this mean for health. We know that over the last ten years that heat has caused the death of about 3000 Australians. But ...
Dr Eugenie Kayak: Taking action on climate and health is a win-win-win for Australia
January 16, 2022 - Dr Eugenie Kayak along with many other Australian health leaders representing millions of Australians are calling for immediate and ambitious climate action to protect our health. Video with thanks to ...
The Hill: Climate change emergency cannot be solved by disintegrating democracies
January 5, 2022 - Our western democracies can no longer deliver consensus and action on issues that threaten humanity such as climate change, writes Dr David Shearman. Governments are unwilling to accept that many ...
MJAInsight+: COP26 opportunities missed for Australian health care
January 5, 2022 - AT the UN climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow, over 50 countries participated in the COP26 Health Programme and committed to strengthen the climate resilience and sustainability of their health systems. Yet while health ...
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 ...
Friends of DEA Newsletter- new edition out now!
November 26, 2021 - Read the latest news on the issues that matter, how DEA is joining the dots on climate change and health and how you can help us make an impact.
DEA in the news
November 24, 2021 - DEA in the news: Sep to Nov 2021 Impact of Climate Change: Scientists warn of its effect on public health CGTN, 24 Nov. Quotes Dr Cybele Dey Richard Yin: For health’s sake, we ...
iDEA 2021- it’s a wrap!
November 12, 2021 - iDEA2021: Planet Health and Hope was an exciting, motivating conference, held online on 16 to 17 October 2021. This was DEAs annual conference, and this year it marked the 20th ...
COP26 is over. What happens next?
November 12, 2021 - The UN COP26 conference represented the most important climate event of our time. What are the take-aways? Doctors for the Environment Australia Chair Dr John Van Der Kallen says: It ...
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: Australia rejects methane reduction pledge
November 3, 2021 - Australia, a major methane emitter, has refused to sign a major global pledge to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, from 2020 levels. The Pledge, which was ...
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. ...
Cow hysteria is distracting from real climate issues
November 1, 2021 - “The Global Methane Pledge, supported by the US and EU, will be formally launched at the major climate change summit COP26,” writes Dr Graeme McLeay. Continue reading…
Party’s over for climate vandals: only informed independents can save us
November 1, 2021 - “A new parliament is urgently needed with the ability to act on the climate crisis and this must include young people whose future is at stake,” writes DEA co-founder, Dr ...
MJA Insight+: COVID-19 is urgent, climate is important
October 29, 2021 - Drs Kate Charlesworth and Omar Khorshid state scientific reports are becoming increasingly blunt: decarbonise urgently or face catastrophic climate breakdown. The health sector has a lot of work to do. ...