Special Interest Groups

As well as campaigning for climate action, the protection of biodiversity and sustainable health care, DEA members find other ways to make a difference. Our special interest groups (SIGs) allow members to focus on different aspects of planetary health.

SIG's are open to all DEA doctor and student members. For more information email: [email protected]

Air Pollution

Ambient air pollution carries an immense disease burden, with global mortality rates estimated at between 4.2 and 8.7 million deaths per year. Air pollution is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and...

Biodiversity

Doctors for the Environment Australia is focused on the connection between human health and our environment. We are interested in how environmental degradation, like the loss of biodiversity, affects human health and...

Diet and Agriculture

Food systems generate at least 25% of human GHG emissions, including methane and nitrous oxides. We must now transition to net carbon sequestration, and away from unsustainable land clearing, water extraction, soil...

Health and Energy

Our current energy systems are too reliant on fossil fuels, which are harming our environment and ourselves. DEA supports rapid phasing out of coal, gas and oil and replacing it with...

Healthy Investment

The DEA Healthy Investment Special Interest Group (Formerly the Divestment SiG) seeks opportunities to accelerate Australia’s transition to a zero carbon economy. We are a diverse group of DEA members from all...

Medical Education

Doctors for the Environment Australia provides interdisciplinary clinical education resources on the health effects of climate change to professionals. For more details on our work in integrating these resources into medical schools,...

Mental Health

Climate change has serious and wide-reaching effects on the mental health of Australians. Both the awareness of climate change and the impacts of climate induced weather events are having serious detrimental effects...

Research, Education and Advocacy

The Research, Education and Advocacy Committee (REAC) is responsible for ensuring DEA’s submissions and research/academic work is carried out with appropriate scientific rigour and guided by the Strategic Framework.

Sustainable Healthcare

Doctors for the Environment Australia has been working for over a decade to address healthcare sector’s carbon footprint and environmental impact and to highlight the added health and financial co-benefits of healthcare...