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Climate Action

The Australian Federation of medical Women see Climate Action as the greatest health opportunity to prevent premature deaths, address climate and health inequity and unlock substantial health and economic benefits.

To this effect, AFMW is one of 58 member organisations to have co-signed the letter addressed and sent to the Prime Minister on 30^th April 2021, urging him to commit to:

Including health in our official Paris Agreement contribution
Decarbonising health by 2030
Enact a National Strategy on Climate, Health and Wellbeing.

AFMW CHAG Vision

Advocate for awareness of Climate Change and its gendered impacts
Encourage membership participation in Climate Change advocacy at local, state, national and international levels
Recommend doctors and hospitals decarbonize their practices and hospitals by 2040
Unify the voice of medical women to collectively pressure governments locally, nationally and internationally
Conduct research on climate change and health effects on women and children through our affiliations
Reflect on indigenous knowledge of land and health and incorporate these messages

Climate Health & CHAG Articles

Lujain Alqodmani, President World Medical Association adds her voice to climate action video

Climate Health

World Medical Association on climate health action

Do you ever feel no one else cares about the #climatecrisis? New research shows that you are not alone. The good news is that far more people are concerned about climate change than we sometimes feel. Lujain Alqodmani, President World Medical Association adds her voice to hashtag#WeAreTheMajority climate action video.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President July 7, 2024

Climate Health

CAHA’s Federal Budget Analysis

Our colleagues at CAHA have prepared their 2024/2025 Commonwealth Budget Analysis and will be hosting a members roundtable on 26 July 2024, online and in Naarm, Melbourne.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President June 2, 2024

Rosmarie Wydler-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,, France April 9, 2024.

Climate Health

Takeaways from the Swiss women’s climate victory | Reuters

Reuters report that The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of more than 2,000 Swiss women on Tuesday, affirming their argument that the Swiss government violated their human rights by failing to take sufficient action on climate change.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President April 22, 2024

Climate Health

National Health and Climate Strategy | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

The recent announcement comes at a critical time for Australia’s health system. We have been calling for health reform that includes a climate lens and this is a step in the right direction.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President December 6, 2023

Climate Health

COP28 Health Day for COP28

Health Day for COP28 is a special event that will take place on December 3, 2023 as part of the COP28 UN Climate Conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

AFMW November 26, 2023

WONCA World Conference delegates donned green items of clothing in support of a call from doctors ahead of COP 28.

Climate Health

Doctors send climate change message ahead of crucial UN conference | WONCA & RACGP

At WONCA, representatives from around the world stood in unison, advocating to protect the planet and life of earth. Dr Maria Neira, World Health Organization Director for the Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health, called climate change ‘potentially the greatest health challenge of the 21st Century’.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President November 2, 2023

AFMW CHAG ANnoucement

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AFMW Announces Our Climate Health Action Group (CHAG) [UPDATED]

UPDATE. New members to the AFMW CHAG welcome PLUS discover 6 Practice Tips to help decarbonize our planet. The AFMW is proud to be a member of the Better Futures Australia Health Working Group, which includes representatives from Doctors for the Environment Australia, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, and Climate and Health Alliance.

Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM, AFMW Immediate Past President May 20, 2021

Interested Members Welcome

Other interested members from Australian states and territories are welcome. I invite members from each state and territory to join the AFMW Climate Health Action Group, promote the AFMW actions agreed upon and and represent their state activities.

We need Climate Health Action Group members and champions for the cause in each state.

Please contact A/Prof Magdalena Simonis, AFMW president and Chair AFMW Climate Health Action Group (CHAG) via [email protected].