Sustainable Energy Week: A cross-cutting priority

Sustainable Energy Week: A cross-cutting priority

By tackling air pollution and climate change together, Europe can safeguard the health of its citizens, says EU Committee of Regions rapporteur & President of Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano.

WHO Conference on Climate Change and Health / Katowice (Poland) 2018

WHO Conference on Climate Change and Health / Katowice (Poland) 2018

(German) The connection between climate change and health is increasingly the subject of international research. At COP24 in Katowice, the World Health Organization convened a conference on this subject. I attended as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Rhine family physicians’ association…

Youth climate strike: ‘a diagnosis being made en masse,’ says ER doc

Youth climate strike: ‘a diagnosis being made en masse,’ says ER doc

GCHA board member Dr. Courtney Howard of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment writes, “The scale of the climate crisis and the threat to human life has just been made clear in the starkest possible terms by youthful truth-tellers. There is tremendous value in stating a diagnosis out loud.”