This election, vote 1 for the candidates who will put our health first.

Doctors for the Environment Australia calls on all candidates in the upcoming federal election to protect the health of Australians from worsening climate change.

The evidence is clear and indisputable.

Pollution from burning fossil fuels is trapping heat, making our world hotter and more unstable. This is hurting the people and places we love and destroying our way of life.

We cannot delay implementing smart climate policies.

Instead of using polluting fossil fuels, we can power our cities and towns with clean, cost-effective renewable energy solutions that are available now. Solar and wind, already account for approximately 40 per cent of Australia's total electricity supply.

We can’t wait 30 years for nuclear energy. This path will trap us into continuing to burn polluting fossil fuels, it will be hugely expensive, and it poses serious environmental and health risks.

We have solutions now that are better for our health, can conserve our environment, can ease the cost of living and give us, our children and our grandchildren a safe future. 

Our health cannot wait. For the sake of those you love, put our health first this election.