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• 1. FRAMEWORK FOR A NATIONAL STRATEGY ON CLIMATE, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR AUSTRALIA
• 1. New Report: Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health
• 1. Registrations open for Healthcare Environmental Sustainability Forum
• 1. Final Consultation Report release
• 1. Organiser - Advocacy Campaign
• 1. Workshop: Advocacy and Organising on Climate Change and Health
• 1. CAHA Submission to the Review of Australia’s Climate Change Policies
• 1. New Zealand | GGHH Members’ Meeting
• 1. CAHA congratulates Dr Peter Orris
• 1. CAHA presentations at 15th World Congress on Public Health
• 1. Latrobe Valley to benefit from cleaner air and better health
• 1. GGHH member advertises role for first Sustainability Manager
• 1. National Strategy draft framework is out!
• 1. Adani coal mine is a public health catastrophe
• 1. Inside the Climate Change-Human Health conference
• 1. Health fund HCF divests from fossil fuels
• 1. Experts are right to speak out about climate change
• 1. Tony McMichael's last book and lasting legacy
• 1. Heatwaves & medication - a dangerous concoction
• 1. Stay safe this summer
• 1. 2016 world's hottest year on record
• 1. Meet with your MP!
• 1. Can we blame climate change for thunderstorm asthma?
• 1. No time for Trump despair on climate change
• 1. As doctors, we are concerned about climate change
• 1. Looking for a new role for 2017?
• 1. Join our Campaign Strategy Meeting
• 1. Landmark Research report
• 1. Report from 10th October 2016 Health Leaders Meeting with Parliamentarians
• 1. Climate Mitigation - the greatest public ..
• 1. Powerful alliances
• 1. Investing in Health: a CAHA and DEA report
• 1. 82 organisations sign Global Health Statement
• 1. Major parties "putting lives at risk"
• 1. Putting prevention first
• 1. Climate Emergency
• 1. Join the Global Green & Healthy Hospitals network
• 1. Join Fiona at SDOHA
• 1. Public Forum for National Climate and Health Strategy
• 1. Climate, Health and Well-being Online Forum
• 1. Unity and Leadership needed now
• 1. City of Sydney divests from fossil fuels
• 1. Historic meeting pushes for National action
• 1. Join the CAHA team!
• 1. What do health professionals think about current climate policy?
• 1. Latest Survey results for NSCHW
• 1. Global and National Health Policy
• 2. Global and National Climate Health Policy Webinar
• 1. Mater Health Services wins sustainability award
• 1. Al Gore Address to Ecocity Summit 2017
• 1. ALP announces intention to develop national Climate, Health, and Well-being Strategy
• 1. CAHA scoops the 2017 Public Health Awards!
• 1. Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate
• 1. New Video from the Lancet Countdown to 2030!
• 1. Queenslanders to benefit from health plan to combat climate change impacts
• 1. Health Promotion Symposium 2018: Better Practice Better Placed
• 1. Queensland Health & Wellbeing Climate Change Adaptation Plan
• 1. Health impacts key focus of new Qld climate plan
• 1. Watch the 2018 Climate and Health Symposium
• 1. International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Health Promotion Conference
• 1. FAQ Brief re IPCC 1.5 degrees report
• 1. Brisbane Climate Health Champions workshop - register now!
• 1. The dirty truth: Australia's most polluted postcodes
• 1. MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
• 1. Release of Lancet Countdown 2018 Report
• 1. New Climate Health Champions take to the stage
• 1. Postcard from COP24 - Associate Professor Linda Selvey shared some insights on the tensions at play at the global climate talks in Poland.
• 1. ALP commitment to a national framework on climate and health
• 1. Postcard from COP 24 - The Most Important Climate Talks Since Paris
• 1. Climate Health Champions Workshops Cairns and Townsville
• 1. CAHA supports the School Strike 4 Climate
• 1. 2019 Health Sustainability Forum
• 1. CAHA hosted Dr. Trevor Hancock's speech about how to "Create One Planet Communities"
• 1. CAHA launch federal election campaign
• 1. CAHA welcome Greens commitment to National Strategy
• 1. CAHA Launches Climate Health Scorecard
• 1. After the election: A message from our Executive Director
• 1. Health leaders say climate change is a health emergency
• 1. Healthy Hospitals Forum 2019
• 1. Global health care sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis
• 1. The life of every child will now be profoundly affected by climate change: report
• 1. Climate and Health in WA
• 1. CAHA Delegation at UN Climate Talks
• 1. Kicking-off #COP25: Milly Burgess
• 1. Sydney air pollution calls for people to protect their health & politicians to act on climate: Climate and Health Alliance
• 1. Joint Statement: Air pollution in NSW is a public health emergency
• 1. Update from #COP25: Ingrid Johnston
• 1. First impressions of #COP25: Ingrid Johnston
• 1. Eco-Anxiety: Ingrid Johnston
• 1. Government response to devastating bushfires must include urgent and real action on climate change
• 1. Bushfire smoke factsheet - CAR
• 1. Ongoing hazardous air pollution exposes need for whole of govt response to protect health
• 1. MJA Lancet Countdown Policy Brief 2019
• 1. Messages from Antarctica: Dr Ying Zhang
• 1. Second hottest summer on record evidence of climate health emergency
• 1. Fiona on ABC news breakfast
• 1. Eden-Monaro: Liberal candidate climate bushfire claims wrong and seem self-serving
• 1. Global health network calls for ‘health in all policies’ approach beyond COVID-19
• 1. Health groups critical of rushed environment laws
• 1. Health groups: Senate must block government environment law changes to protect health
• 1. September 2020: CAHA Update
• 1. Health groups call for climate to be recognised in National Preventive Health Strategy
• 1. Health groups call for net-zero target in Australia’s health system following UK NHS net-zero announcement
• 1. Webinar series: Climate Risk Governance for Health Sector Boards
• 1. Queensland health groups call for climate action to protect Queenslanders’ health
• 1. How do you cope with the mental health challenge of climate change?
• 1. Prime Minister must tackle climate change with same urgency as COVID-19: Open Letter from health groups
• 1. Australian health institutions receive global awards for climate leadership
• 1. New report shows urgent need for National Strategy on Climate Change and Health
• 1. WA govt demonstrates leadership in response to Climate Health WA Inquiry: climate and health peak body
• 1. Five alternative futures for Australia in 2030 show how important today’s decisions are
• 1. Watch the highlights! Launch of the our 2030 Future Scenarios at Fitzroy Town Hall
• 1. CAHA's Annual Report 2019/20 is out
• 1. WA health groups call for government to act on commitments on climate action to protect health
• 1. We took climate and health to Parliament House
• 1. Ambulance Victoria releases new emissions reduction targets, aims for net zero by 2045
• 1. You're invited! The Pacific Region Launch of the 'Global Road Map for Healthcare Decarbonisation'
• 1. Submission in response to the Draft National Preventive Health Strategy
• 1. Health and medical groups in call for Prime Minister to scale up climate action to avoid escalating health threats
• 1. Health sector gets first-ever guide to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
• 1. Comms guide
• 1. Health professionals join school strikers' in calling for end to gas
• 1. Health experts: Governments must do more to tackle rising health risk from bushfire smoke
• 1. Better Futures Forum
• 1. Declaring a Climate Emergency: a guide for primary care
• 1. Climate Impact Checkup – A carbon footprint tool for healthcare
• 1. Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2021
• 1. CAHA is hiring: Policy and Advocacy Manager
• 1. Peak climate and health body responds to the new IPCC report
• 1. An Australian glossary on health and climate change
• 1. Health leaders speak out ahead of the Better Futures Forum
• 1. Health leaders unite to call for immediate and ambitious national action on climate
• 1. Better Futures Forum: The path to a healthy and resilient Australia
• 1. 3 tips for Tweeting about climate and health, from our social media volunteer
• 1. Media Release: Largest Ever National Survey on Climate and Health.
• 1. Australia's largest Climate and Health Survey: Expert Panel Webinar
• 1. WHO clean air guidelines a clarion call for action to protect health
• 1. Poor ESG reporting in health sector ought to be a 'wake-up call'
• 1. WA Department of Health joins the Global Green & Healthy Hospitals Network
• 1. CAHA welcomes Labor commitments to climate and health
• 1. All sides should back a National Climate Health Strategy: health peak bodies
• 1. VIDEO: Experts discuss how to cope with climate change at the Brisbane mental health forum
• 1. Austin Health joins new project to reduce single use plastic
• 1. LIVE NOW: Our federal election scorecard on climate & health
• 1. Federal Budget: Health groups call for climate disaster funding
• 1. Australians recognise health benefits of climate action, says new poll
• 1. For health’s sake, we need a plan for future climate disasters: Health leaders
• 1. “More people will die”: Government must solve health crisis with urgent climate action this decade, says peak body
• 1. Meet the 2021 Health Care Climate Champions
• 1. New report: Climate Change and Australia's Healthcare System
• 1. Climate and Health Alliance announces new CEO
• 1. Major WA hospital in new program to reduce single-use plastics
• 1. New report: 2020-21 Annual Report
• 1. New report: Ten years of impact from the Climate and Health Alliance
• 1. Healthy minds, healthy climate webinar
• 1. Health and medical groups call for PM to scale up climate commitments after international negotiations in Glasgow
• 1. Expert Panel Discussion on Climate Change and Mental Health
• 1. I'm in Australia. How do I follow #ClimateHealth at COP26?
• 1. Health and medical groups respond to net zero announcement and call for more ambitious action to protect health
• 1. Buy tickets for the Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2022
• 1. Let's reduce single use plastic in healthcare
• 1. Webinar: How to talk about climate change at work
• 1. Fiona Armstrong on ABC Radio: "We need investment in climate-health research"
• 1. Re-imagining the future with Damon Gameau, Millie Rooney and Fiona Armstrong
• 1. As a health professional, your voice matters. Become a member
• 1. Better Futures Forum Australia: Our moment to shape an ambitious climate agenda
• 1. Watch back: Re-imagining the future
• 1. Sustainable Healthcare News - September 2022
• 1. Sustainable Healthcare News - July 2022
• 1. Minister Butler: The health sector needs a focused climate change plan
• 1. New electricity reform is "a win for human health"
• 1. “We’re back”: Commonwealth joins Australian Health Ministries Roundtable on Climate Action
• 1. Global Green and Healthy Hospitals welcomes NSW Ministry of Health
• 1. Caring for Country Showcase - Call for Submissions
• 1. “Climate change is already killing Australians”: Health leaders' call to implement a plan that will save lives
• 1. Health sector responsible for 7 per cent of Australia’s carbon emissions. The federal government can fix this.
• 1. Better, Healthier Futures: Joint Statement by the Australian Health Community
• 1. CAHA welcomes climate-health motion by Dr Sophie Scamps MP
• 1. “Overdue” leadership on climate change and health welcomed by peak body
• 1. Our next Healthy Conversation 'Always caring for Country' with the Lowitja Institute
• 1. Past attendees share their forum highlights
• 1. Program out now! Our annual Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum
• 1. Watch back: What does COP27 mean for our health?
• 1. Watch back: Always caring for Country with the Lowitja Institute
• 1. Watch back: Becoming a sustainable healthcare champion
• 1. Health minister commits to a low carbon, resilient healthcare system
• 1. What a blast! Photos from Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2023
• 1. What a blast! Photos from Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2022
• 1. A big budget win for the health sector after a decade of climate advocacy
• 1. The latest news in climate and health
• 1. How do I follow #COP27 from Australia?
• 1. Watch back: CAHA running live calls from COP27
• 1. You're invited! CAHA breaking down COP27 and what it means for our health
• 1. Climate change affecting people's health here and now, says peak body
• 1. Sustainable Healthcare News - April 2023
• 1. Sustainable Healthcare News - January 2023
• 1. Sustainable Healthcare News - November 2022
• 1. Australian health institutions receive global awards for climate action
• 1. The latest on climate and health, March 2019
• 1. New report: A just transition for healthy people on a healthy planet
• 1. How you can contribute to an important consultation on sustainable healthcare
• 1. Global Climate-Health Policy Survey 2015
• 1. New reports: Health and energy choices
• 1. CAHA and DEA publish new report on divestment
• 1. Out now: the Health & Wellbeing Climate Adaptation Plan for QLD
• 1. Climate minister: Climate change is a real health threat
• 1. Traffic emissions may cause over 11,000 deaths a year
• 1. Work on the National Health and Climate Strategy kicks off
• 1. Safeguard mechanism improvements are a good first step, but more needed to protect health
• 1. Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand joins Global Green & Healthy Hospitals
• 1. Sustainable healthcare case study: Reducing single use plastics at South West Healthcare
• 1. Sustainable healthcare case study: Serving up bush tucker at Fiona Stanley Hospital
• 1. Sustainable healthcare case study: Collaborating for sustainable and climate resilient healthcare
• 1. Sustainable healthcare case study: Reduction in nitrous oxide waste by Southern Cross Healthcare
• 1. Sustainable healthcare case study: Paper towel composting by Auckland DHB
• 1. Calling for submissions! Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2023
• 1. Strong fuel efficiency standard is key to unlocking myriad of health benefits
• 1. Budget 2023: Climate action needs a health focus
• 1. 2023 Budget Analysis: Clock is ticking for action on health and climate
• 1. Australia scores ZERO on health for its climate pledge
• 1. Early bird
• 1. Now open: Consultation on Australia's first National Health and Climate Strategy
• 1. "No safe level of air pollution”: Health advocates join calls for a strong fuel efficiency standard
• 1. National Health and Climate Strategy is our opportunity for better health
• 1. Wellbeing Statement doesn’t address this century’s biggest health burden: Climate change
• 1. Strategy needs "a whole of government approach" to reducing illness, injury and premature deaths due to climate change
• 1. One month until the 2023 Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum
• 1. Survey shows Australians seriously concerned about climate and health impacts
• 1. CAHA President: Fiona Armstrong, Founder, to step down from the CAHA team
• 1. Seven weeks until the referendum – CAHA says YES
• 1. Reporting back on the EPIC program
• 1. Forum 2023 award winners!
• 0. Resources
• 1. Reports by CAHA
• 2. Full list of CAHA reports
• 2. Healthy, Regenerative and Just: Framework for a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia
• 2. Report: A Review of Sustainable Healthcare in Australia
• 1. Climate change and mental health
• 2. How an Aboriginal approach to mental health is helping farmers deal with drought
• 3. How an Aboriginal approach to mental health is helping farmers deal with drought
• 2. Expert panel discussion on climate change and mental health
• 3. Expert panel discussion on climate change and mental health
• 2. How does climate change affect our mental health?
• 3. How does climate change affect our mental health?
• 2. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
• 3. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
• 2. Coping with Climate Change Distress
• 3. Coping with Climate Change Distress
• 2. Looking after our Mental Health in Response to Climate Change
• 3. Looking after our Mental Health in Response to Climate Change
• 2. The Climate Change Empowerment Handbook
• 2. Report: How climate change affects mental health in Australia
• 1. Talking about climate and health
• 2. Survey report: Insights on climate and health in Australia
• 2. Guide to communicating the health impacts of climate change
• 2. Fact sheet: Climate action is good for your health
• 2. Fact sheet: 10 ways to act on climate change
• 2. Video for health professionals: How to talk about climate change
• 3. Video: Health professionals: How to talk about climate change
• 2. Webinar: How to talk about climate change at work
• 3. Webinar: How to talk about climate change at work
• 1. Annual Reports
• 2. Annual Report 2020-21
• 2. Annual Report 2019-20
• 2. Annual Report 2018-19
• 2. Annual Report 2017-18
• 2. Annual Report 2016-17
• 2. Annual Report 2015-16
• 2. Annual Report 2014-15
• 2. Annual Report 2013-14
• 2. Annual Report 2012-13
• 2. Annual Report 2011-12
• 2. Annual Report 2010-11
• 2. Annual Report 2021-22
• 1. Submissions
• 2. Jun 2022: Submission on the draft Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation
• 2. Apr 2022: Submission on the proposed Viva Energy Gas Terminal Project
• 2. Mar 2022: Submission on the WA Community Disaster Resilience Strategy discussion paper
• 2. Feb 2022: Submission on Victorian EPA draft guidelines for managing greenhouse gas emissions
• 2. Jan 2022: Pre-budget submission 2022-23: Recommendations for a health-led economic recovery to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2. Apr 2021: Submission on inquiry of health impacts of air pollution in Victoria
• 2. Apr 2021: Submission on the draft NSW Clean Air Strategy
• 2. Apr 2021: Submission on the draft National Preventive Health Strategy
• 2. Feb 2021: Submission on the gas-led recovery plan
• 2. Jan 2021: Pre-Budget submission 2021-22: Recommendations for a health-led post-COVID-19 economic recovery
• 2. Nov 2020: Submission on the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020
• 2. Nov 2020: Submission on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill
• 2. Sep 2020: Submission on the National Preventive Health Strategy consultation paper
• 2. Sep 2020: Pre-budget submission 2020-21: Recommendations for a health-led post-COVID-19 economic recovery
• 2. May 2020: Submission on the review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
• 2. Aug 2019: Submission on the proposed variation to the ambient air quality measure standards for ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide
• 2. Aug 2018: Submission on the review of National Pollutant Inventory
• 2. Aug 2018: Submission to Medical Research Future Fund consultation to inform the second Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2018-20
• 2. Feb 2018: Submission to Victorian EPA review of brown coal-fired power stations licences
• 2. Aug 2017: Submission on the implications of climate change for Australia's national security
• 2. Jul 2017: Submission to inquiry into current and future impacts of climate change on housing, buildings and infrastructure
• 2. May 2017: Submission to the review of Australia's climate change policies
• 2. Mar 2017: Submission to the independent review of the future security of the National Electricity Market
• 2. Oct 2016: Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties inquiry into the Paris Agreement
• 2. Feb 2016: Submission to the Climate Change Authority Special Review
• 2. Aug 2015: Submission to the Hazelwood mine fire inquiry
• 2. May 2015: Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet UNFCCC Taskforce on Australia’s post-2020 emissions reductions targets
• 2. Apr 2015: Submission to Australian Environment Ministers on discussion paper: ‘Working towards a National Clean Air Agreement’
• 2. Mar 2015: Submission to senate inquiry into wind turbines
• 2. Mar 2015: Joint submission to Climate Change Authority special review
• 2. Jun 2014: Submission to inquiry onThe Environment Protection And Biodiversity Conservation Amendment
• 2. May 2014: Submission to the Review of the Renewable Energy Target
• 2. May 2014: Submission to Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry
• 2. Feb 2014: Submission to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Impact of the Carbon Price on Health Services
• 2. Jan 2014: Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Inquiry into Abbott Government Direct Action Plan
• 2. Apr 2013: Submission to the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer: Review of coal seam gas activities in NSW
• 2. Mar 2013: Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into the impacts on health of air quality in Australia
• 2. Jan 2013: Extreme Weather Events: Submission to Senate Standing Committee On Environment and Communications
• 2. Sep 2012: Climate Change Authority Review of the Renewable Energy Target
• 2. Sep 2012: National Food Plan Green Paper
• 2. Jul 2012: National Health Performance Authority public consultation on Review of Strategic Plan 2012-15
• 2. Jun 2012: Productivity Commission Draft Report from its Inquiry into barriers to climate change adaptation
• 2. Mar 2012: Australian Government Draft Energy White Paper 2011
• 2. Mar 2012: Strategic Review of National Health and Medical Research
• 2. Jul 2011: Biodiversity: Our Health Depends On It: Submission to Australian Parliament House Environment Committee examining climate impacts on Australia’s biodiversity
• 2. Mar 2011: Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
• 2. Feb 2011: Senate Inquiry on the Social and Economic Impact of Rural Wind Farms
• 2. Jun 2022: CAHA submission in response to Inquiry into the Application of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia
• 2. Aug 2022: Submission in response to the Climate Change Bill 2022
• 2. Sep 2022: Submission in response to the Safeguard Mechanism
• 2. Oct 2022: Submission on National Electric Vehicle Strategy
• 2. Jan 2023: Pre-budget submission 2023-24: Implementing an Effective Health and Climate Strategy
• 2. May 2023: Submission on the Fuel Efficiency Standard
• 2. May 2023: Second submission on the 2023 Measuring What Matters statement
• 2. Jan 2023: Submission on Developing Wellbeing Indictors for Australia: Measuring What Matters
• 2. Jun 2023: Submission on setting, tracking and achieving Australia's emissions reduction targets
• 2. Jul 2023: Submission on the National Health and Climate Strategy Consultation
• 1. Media releases
• 2. Full list of CAHA media releases
• 1. Sustainable healthcare
• 2. Report: EPIC for Health Pilot Program
• 2. Fact sheet: Reducing single use plastics in healthcare
• 2. Report: A Review of Sustainable Healthcare
• 2. Report: Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization
• 3. Report: Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization
• 2. Short course: Sustainable healthcare in practice at Monash University
• 3. Short course: Sustainable healthcare in practice at Monash University
• 2. Master of Public and Environmentally Sustainable Health at Notre Dame University
• 3. Master of Public and Environmentally Sustainable Health at Notre Dame University
• 2. WHO Checklists: Assess climate vulnerabilities in healthcare facilities
• 3. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240022904
• 2. Webinar: How to become a sustainable healthcare champion
• 3. Webinar: How to become a sustainable healthcare champion
• 2. Webinar: How to reduce the impact of plastics in healthcare
• 3. Webinar: How to reduce the impact of plastics in healthcare
• 2. GGHH Pacific Annual Report 2021-22
• 2. "Climate Action: A playbook for hospitals" by Health Care Climate Council
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