The climate crisis is a health crisis

We mobilise the global health community to accelerate climate action

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We are doctors, nurses, clinicians, and therapists. We are health advocates, researchers, public health and policy experts.

We have come together because, wherever we are in the world, we are seeing how the climate crisis is impacting our patients, our communities, our public health and healthcare systems. Respiratory diseases are escalating; communicable diseases are spreading; humanitarian disaster are becoming more frequent.

The climate crisis is a health crisis and our communities and healthcare systems are starting to buckle.

But there is an answer: Climate solutions can be health solutions. That’s why we’re working together to hold decision makers accountable. To protect human health, we have to restore the planet.

We have a unique opportunity to improve health for all and to tackle global inequality, if we act fast.

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Health Community Responds to Shell’s PR Company Winning COP30 Climate Contract

Health Community Responds to Shell’s PR Company Winning COP30 Climate Contract

Hiring a PR company that earns millions from downplaying the fossil fuel industry’s role in the climate crisis, to handle communications for this year’s UN climate conference where countries come together to negotiate global climate action presents a serious conflict of interest. Climate change is already causing terrible impacts to livelihoods, health and wellbeing around the world, with health systems being pushed to the brink.

Health Organizations Must Cut Ties with Fossil-Fueled Public Relations and Advertising Firms

Health Organizations Must Cut Ties with Fossil-Fueled Public Relations and Advertising Firms

As health actors meet this week in Brasilia to refine a Health Action Plan for COP30, ending relationships with PR firms that engage with fossil fuel producers is one concrete step both civil society and UN actors could take now, two leading global health actors argue. The call is the more urgent in light of the UN’s recent selection of a media firm representing Shell to promote the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP30), hosted by Brazil in Bélem.

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Climate and Health Facts

Every day, and in every country, the health of people is being compromised by the climate crisis

From babies in the womb to the elderly, the climate crisis is affecting the mental, social and physical wellbeing of all members of our families at every stage of their lives, and defining the health of our children as they grow.

Fossil fuels are the single biggest contributor to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions globally

Our global dependence on fossil fuels is driving the climate crisis.The fossil fuel industry is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions which are dangerously heating the planet and exacerbating the climate crisis.

Transformational change across industries has the potential to define the health of generations

A healthier future for us all is possible, but time is running out. By taking action now, rather than simply avert catastrophe, we can achieve a better world for everyone.

Youth Network

The Youth Climate and Health Network elevates the global youth voice for a healthy future and currently has more than 200 members.

The Climate and Us

Real stories of climate and health from around the world

The Climate and Us is a series of short branded films produced for the the Global Climate and Health Alliance by the BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. Divided into three Chapters, the series takes you on a cinematic journey across the world to explore the many ways in which a changing climate is impacting people’s health and wellbeing.

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Health and Environment Alliance

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the natural and built environments affect health in the European Union (EU) and beyond.

HEAL’s vision is a world in which today’s and future generations can benefit from a clean environment to enjoy long and healthy lives.

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