We need a national strategy on climate, health and well-being

We need a national strategy on climate, health and well-being

Our government must protect our health from the adverse effects of climate change. Will you ask your MP to develop a national climate-health plan?

People in Australia are at risk of health impacts from heatwaves, extreme weather, and changing patterns of disease associated with global warming.

But Australia has no plan to mitigate these risks with a national climate-health plan.

Experts are calling for Australia to implement a national strategy on climate, health and wellbeing. In October 2021, we launched Healthy, Regenerative and Just, providing the government with a framework for how to create such a strategy to reduce emissions ...

Our government must protect our health from the adverse effects of climate change. Will you ask your MP to develop a national climate-health plan?

People in Australia are at risk of health impacts from heatwaves, extreme weather, and changing patterns of disease associated with global warming.

But Australia has no plan to mitigate these risks with a national climate-health plan.

Experts are calling for Australia to implement a national strategy on climate, health and wellbeing. In October 2021, we launched Healthy, Regenerative and Just, providing the government with a framework for how to create such a strategy to reduce emissions, tackle inequality and improve health. It's now been endorsed by 70 health organisations.

See the framework at www.caha.org.au/framework

Will you email your MP and ask them to work with their colleagues to make it a reality?

 

 

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