Climate Change and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Lowitja Institute and the National Health Leadership

2021

This discussion paper describes climate change in Australia and its impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It highlights Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led initiatives in climate change adaptation and mitigation that strengthens wellbeing and benefits the global community.

Gender, Climate and Environmental Justice in Australia

Women's Environmental Leadership Australia

2024

The report summarises what we know about the gendered impacts of climate and environmental issues and explains why gender diverse leadership is critical to solving these challenges, before ending with a series of key recommendations focused upon: leadership and decision-making; policy-making; finance and investment; the gendered nature of disasters; international commitments; diverse voices and sectors; and a clean and caring economy.

Bridging the gender, climate, and health gap: the road to COP29

2024

Focusing specifically on the gender–climate–health nexus, this Personal View builds on existing feminist works and analyses to discuss why intersectional approaches to climate policy and inclusive representation in climate decision making are crucial for achieving just and equitable solutions to address the impacts of climate change on human health and societies.

Weathering the Storm: Addressing Debt and Climate Vulnerability in the Pacific

Caritas Australia, Caritas Oceania and Jubilee Australia Research Centre

2024

At the heart of this report is the ‘vicious circle of debt and climate crises’; the report follows on from a 2022 publication, Twin Clouds on the Horizon, delving more deeply into how the tensions between debt and climate, including climate finance, play out at a country level and examining other vulnerabilities that the debt problem could exacerbate