Climate change is a health emergency posing significant threats to health and to the healthcare sector. Mapping Climate Change and Health into the Medical Curriculum demonstrates how planetary health is a cross cutting theme relevant to every specialty. Download the report.
World Environment Day 2024, observed on June 5th, carries the theme “Restore Our Earth.” In the last Triennium, AFMW and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) signed a MOU and a specific interest group on Climate, Health and the Environment was initiated. Today DEA are asking for your support.
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.
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.
Health professionals and community members are calling on Australia’s Transport Minister Catherine King to create a healthy transport system. Please read this document and sign the petition our friends at CAHA have issued.
Feeling weary regarding the ever present threats of climate change? Here is an excellent post created by a DEA member a couple of years ago which still resonates with me. And if you are interested in taking a course or being involved in some form of research or volunteering, our friends at Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) have shared a great link.
The World Health Organization has developed a free introductory short course for health workers to bring awareness to the health risks associated with air pollution. This four-hour course is a part of a larger resource, the Air Pollution and Health Training Toolkit for Health Workers, set to be released by the end of this year.
27 JUL Fracking and other forms of gas extraction are known to have multiple detrimental impacts on human health. This webinar looks at the many serious effects of gas on human health. AfterHours webinars are free, open to everyone and are CPD accredited activities for RACGP and ACCRM. Register today.
On 2 February 2023, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) hosted a virtual stakeholder information session. This session outlined COP27 key outcomes, early COP28 expectations and an update on Australia’s bid to co-host COP31 in partnership with Pacific Island countries.
The AFMW Climate Health Action Group ( CHAG) has been very active welcomes new participants as this will be a year where we join forces with more peak bodies and become even more vocal around the need to shift the dial closer towards helping to preserve our precious planet and its inhabitants so that earth may live long and prosper. William Shatner had his say on the matter in The Guardian article after visiting outer space recently.
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