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News that the healthcare sector is one of the worst performers in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting ought to be a wake up call, says Australia’s peak body on climate and health, the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA).

The Pacific region of the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals network (GGHH Pacific) is delighted to welcome the Western Australia Department of Health (WA Health) as an official member of the network.

Labor’s victory needs to mark a reset for climate policy in Australia, said Fiona Armstrong, Strategic Projects Director for the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA).

All sides of politics should back a National Climate and Health Strategy to better protect the health of everyone in Australia, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has said. 

The call comes as the country’s peak public health body released its assessment of the major parties’ federal election commitments to reduce preventable harm by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resilience.

So how do we cope better, building our own resilience and nurturing hope? We’re bringing together experts, practitioners and people with lived experience to share ways to cope at this Brisbane forum.

Austin Health is the second Australian health service to join an innovative pilot project aiming to reduce single-use plastics from healthcare going into landfill and the ocean, in a bid to tackle the sector’s significant contribution to plastic waste. King Edward Memorial Hospital in Western Australia is also taking part.

Which parties pass the health check? Find out with CAHA's 2022 election scorecard! 

Leading health groups are calling on the federal government for significant investments in the next federal budget to tackle the health impacts of climate disasters.

The Climate and Health Alliance is calling on the federal government to commit to a national climate-health plan, after a poll released today shows that 65% of Australian voters believe climate action will lead to personal health benefits.

With unprecedented flooding across Queensland and NSW, health leaders are calling for an urgent implementation of a national climate-health plan to deal with more frequent and extreme climate disasters.

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report confirms that urgent climate action is crucial to save Australian lives, said the Climate and Health Alliance today, in response to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

The Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network is honored to recognize over 50 institutions who are the 2021 Climate Champions of the Health Care Climate Challenge.

The Climate and Health Alliance has worked with partners at Monash University and the University of Melbourne to develop a report for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians on Climate Change and Australia's Healthcare Systems.

National peak body, Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) announced today the appointment of Roland Sapsford as its new Chief Executive Officer. He takes over from Founder and current Executive Director, Fiona Armstrong.

King Edward Memorial Hospital is participating in a pilot project aiming to reduce single-use plastics from healthcare going into landfill and the ocean, in a bid to tackle the sector’s significant contribution to plastic waste.

Another great year for CAHA - with the alliance continuing to shine brightly in 2021! See a snapshot summary of our achievements, team and more in our most recent annual report here.

The Climate and Health Alliance turned ten years old in 2020. We have produced this report as a record of our first ten years of achievement and impact.

On Tuesday 16th November, the interactive “Healthy minds, healthy climate” webinar took place, providing participants with the space to share their feelings about the climate crisis, particularly in the wake of COP26, and to learn ways to cultivate hope and resilience moving forward.

The George Institute for Global Health and the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) have partnered with 35+ health and medical groups in producing an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, following the 26th UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP26). The letter calls on the Federal Government to scale up international climate commitments to protect the health and wellbeing of Australians and Pacific Island neighbours.