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Archive for June 2012

Stop funding climate change!

by CAHA
June 18th, 2012

The Climate and Health Alliance has joined with organisations and individuals around the world asking Australia state, territory and federal governments and other countries governments to stop subsidising fossil fuels.

Recent estimates from the International Energy Agency suggest that over $775 billion is spent globally each year, subsidising fossil fuels. In 2009, G20 leaders pledged to phase out fossil fuels, but action has been too slow.

It is estimated that fossil fuels subsidies in Australia are worth up to $12 billion each year – that’s $12 billion of Australian taxpayers’ money that could/should be spent on renewable energy every year.

You can sign a petition here to join over one million people calling on world leaders to end taxpayer handouts to the fossil fuel industry.

If want to stop climate change, we need to stop funding the cause! Take action now!

 

Sign a petition here to join over one million people calling on world leaders at the Earth Summit at Rio to end taxpayer handouts to the fossil fuel industry.

As the poster says, if we want to stop climate change, we have to stop funding the source of the problem.

Seems pretty simple, doesn’t it?

Categories Advocacy, Climate, Coal
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Talking about climate and health

by CAHA
June 12th, 2012

CAHA has been out and about talking about climate and health.

 

The last few weeks have included:

  • a workshop at the Australian Climate Action Summit in Sydney (with Dr Helen Redmond) on using the health frame to talk about climate change;
  • a talk at the New South Wales Nurses Association on the role of health professionals in advocating for climate action;
  • a report from COP17 in Durban to the Nossal Institute Centre for Global Health journal club on getting health into the international climate negotations;
  • a seminar at Deakin University on the role of health professionals as policy advocates.

You can download the the slides from each of the presentations here:

Using the health frame to encourage support for climate action
The role of health professionals in advocating for climate action
Getting health into the international climate negotations
The role of health professionals as policy advocates

CAHA can provide experts in climate and health to present at public events and comment in media – contact CAHA Convenor [email protected] or call 0438 900 005.

Categories Advocacy, Climate, General, Health, Health policy
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