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AAP: Warning bell sounds on hidden impact of climate change
October 28, 2025
Health professionals are raising concerns about the mental and physical health crisis linked to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. Doctors will meet at Parliament House in Canberra to alert politicians.
Read More ShareNewcastle Herald: 'Our bodies and minds are getting sicker': doctors draw links to the causes
October 28, 2025
Doctors have warned of profound links between a hotter climate and health problems amid moves to protect people from worsening conditions. Newcastle physician Dr John Van Der Kallen is among a group of doctors...
Read More ShareScience Direct:Sustainable Health Care and Advocacy for Rheumatologists: Lessons Learned from the Australian Experience
October 21, 2025
Climate change is primarily caused by fossil fuel burning, and reducing carbon emissions is crucial for the planet and people's health write DEA members Dr John Van Der Kallen and Dr Katherine Poulsen in...
Read More ShareInsight+: Accelerating action towards net zero: how is high-quality environmentally sustainable healthcare being delivered in Australia?
October 20, 2025
Doctors for the Environment Australia Board Member, Dr Angie Bone, co-authors this article about how a diverse coalition of health system organisations from across Australia is collaborating to share their knowledge and expertise on...
Read More ShareABC News: Modelling shows gas project emissions will cause hundreds of heat-related deaths
October 14, 2025
Australian researchers have predicted 484 heat-related deaths in Europe directly caused by a single fossil fuel project, Woodside's Scarborough, due to climate impacts. According to this groundbreaking research the project would expose 516,000 people...
Read More ShareInsight+: Government’s addiction to fossil fuels ‘catching up with us, killing us,’ says Senator David Pocock
October 13, 2025
InSight+ spoke with Senator Pocock and Dr Kate Wylie about Doctors for the Environment Australia's recent forum, and on the back of the federal government’s emissions target announcement of 62-70% by 2035 and its...
Read More ShareInSight+: Fighting for our health in the wake of the National Climate Risk Assessment
October 06, 2025
A powerful article by Doctors for the Environment Australia Board Chair Professor Nick Talley about the climate crisis as a health crisis and the National Climate Risk Assessment.
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: Doctors speak out against road user tax on electric vehicles
October 03, 2025
The federal government is currently thinking about imposing a form of EV tax, despite the fact that EVs have huge health benefits. This is being justified by the fact that EV users do not pay...
Read More ShareHealthed podcast: Climate change as a health emergency: Local and global impacts
September 25, 2025
Host Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator, talks with Dr Kate Wylie, ED of Doctors for the Environment Australia and Simon Eccleshall, Head of Programs, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia about health concerns linked...
Read More ShareThe Wire: National Forum puts health and climate in the spotlight
September 25, 2025
At the national Health and Climate Forum by Doctors for the Environment Australia this month, experts from a wide range of fields have provided insightful viewpoints on two of the nation's most pressing issues....
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