In the media
The Eastern Melburnian: Doctor joins call to action to prepare health system for more severe heat days
September 19, 2025
The National Climate Risk Assessment report emphasised that the rising risks of extreme heat and bushfires would heighten health threats on a national scale.
Read More ShareRACGP newsGP: Doctors disappointed by new climate change target
September 19, 2025
Doctors are expressing their disappointment after the Federal Government announced its emissions reduction target for 2035 this week, stating that it falls short of adequately safeguarding the health of Australians.
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: New climate targets are a health hazard, warn experts
September 19, 2025
The Federal Government's declaration of a 2035 emissions reduction goal of 62-70 percent below 2005 levels amid an escalating climate crisis has been met with shock and disappointment by health and community organisations .
Read More ShareThe Guardian: Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
September 17, 2025
Doctors for the Environment Australia board member Dr Kimberly Humphrey drives home the burden of heatwaves in this Guardian article about a new Monash study that takes a granular look at Australia’s at risk...
Read More Sharethe limbic: Call for doctors to step up as advocates for a safe climate
September 07, 2025
Professor Nick Talley, Board Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia spoke at the Climate + Health Forum in Canberra about the many risks to human health and the planet from climate change and...
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: As we await the National Climate Risk Assessment, health defenders are calling for support
September 05, 2025
Doctors for the Environment Executive Director, Dr Kate Wylie, shares the backstory of DEA’s recent legal case against NOPSEMA and Woodside, and links to DEA's crowdfunding campaign to meet the legal costs incurred.
Read More Share2SM Breakfast: Dr. Kate Wylie - Climate and Health Forum
September 04, 2025
GP and Kate Wylie, the executive director of Doctors for the Environment Australia, joined Tim Webster for the Breakfast show on 2SM in anticipation of the Climate and Health Forum in Canberra.
Read More ShareABC News: Federal Court knocks back doctors' challenge to Woodside gas project's environmental approval
August 23, 2025
In the case brought by Doctors for the Environment (DEA) the Federal Court has ruled against revoking an approval for Woodside's Scarborough gas project DEA launched legal proceedings in April to overturn national offshore...
Read More ShareABC News: Traffic pollution contributes to more than 1,800 premature deaths per year, study estimates
August 22, 2025
Higher than the road toll, traffic-related air pollution in Australia contributes to more than 1,800 premature deaths each year estimates the first assessment of the health impact of traffic-related pollution (TRAP) in Australia, published...
Read More ShareMJA: Estimated carbon emissions for PBS-subsidised prescription respiratory inhalers Australia 2019–2023: a descriptive analysis
August 18, 2025
The Australian National Health and Climate Strategy prioritizes reducing pressurised, metered dose inhalers for decarbonising healthcare. These high-emission inhalers produce ten to thirty times more CO2e emissions than low-emission inhalers.
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