Environmental health seminar May 15

In partnership with South Western Sydney LHD, NSWNMA presents a seminar on environmental health called ‘Environmentally sustainable practice in hospitals and community settings’. Friday 15 May at Liverpool Hospital. Register online. Download the flyer: Environmental Health Seminar Download the agenda: Environmental Health Seminar Agenda

Evidence on negative health impacts from coal overwhelming

The suggestion by the NSW Minerals Council today that there is no evidence of harm from coal pollution is ludicrous, the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) said today. “In fact there is a huge body of evidence in the peer reviewed scientific literature that shows the toll from coal on a broad range of negative health impacts, including from […]

Environmental health seminar

The NSWNMA, in partnership with South Western Sydney LHD,  will be hosting an environmental health seminar on Friday 15 May 2015 at Liverpool Hospital. Full details here: Environmental Health Forum

Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference Melbourne

The Victorian branch of the ANMF is holding a Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference in Melbourne Town Hall on 20 March. Keynote speaker, passionate activist, Kirsty Albion, Co-Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and Young Environmentalist of the year 2013, will describe how the coalition is building a movement to address the climate crisis. […]

Health leaders call for action at Lima Climate and Health Summit

After the first week of the current UN climate talks in Lima, health professionals, public health experts and policy makers convened yesterday for the 2014 Climate and Health Summit. The packed program featured inspiring speakers such as Peru’s Minister of Health, Aníbal Velasquez Valdivia, the Vice President of the World Bank, Rachel Kyte and ex […]

Public Seminar – Protecting health from climate change: what’s needed?

Forum on 25 November 2014 at  University of NSW, Sydney. The health of local and global communities is increasingly threatened by climate change, as made clear in the recent Fifth Assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But governments and the wider community are failing to recognise either the risks to health from failing to act, or […]

Reliance on coal dangerous for health

Prominent health organisations from across Australia today condemned Australia’s reliance on coal citing a growing and significant body of research documenting severe health effects. “It is clear, in this day and age, that we should be phasing out coal. It is highly polluting and is causing disastrous health impacts in communities across Australia. As health […]

Social networks for green healthcare: collaborating globally for better health and safer climate

An innovative online collaboration between healthcare services on six continents is aiming to drive the low carbon transformation in healthcare. Online social networks are key to overcoming global challenges, like climate change, the Climate Adaptation 2014 Conference at the Gold Coast heard last week. A global network of hospitals and healthcare settings has launched an innovative […]

Abbott refusal to attend UN Climate Summit risk to national interest: health leaders

Australian health and medical leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York have criticised the Prime Minister Tony Abbott for refusing to attend the meeting, at which UN Secretary General is calling on political leaders of the world to “prioritise their resources and their political energy” on climate. Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) President […]

People’s Climate Mobilisation Sunday September 21

On September 21, as global leaders arrive for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s historic Climate Summit, hundreds of thousands of people will flood the streets of cities and towns around the world. Together, we will gather in solidarity to remind our leaders who they represent. Together, we will be the largest climate mobilisation the world has ever […]

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