Press Coverage: Cradle to Grave Report
A sweeping new report released today reveals the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health. Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition provides the first comprehensive global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the human lifespan, from pregnancy and pre-birth to old age.
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.
Climate Home News: How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence
Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference
Health Policy Watch: Only 21 Countries have Updated National Climate Action Plans – Few Actually Track Health Benefits
Most countries’ climate action plans refer to the health benefits of adaptation and mitigation strategies, such as reduced air pollution, but few actually track them. And as World Environment Day is observed Thursday, global climate commitments remain extraordinarily weak.
Health Policy Watch: Health Organizations Drop Ad Agencies Working with Fossil Fuel Industry
Health Policy Watch, 2 June 2025, by Sophia Samantaroy Over 30 health organizations representing 12 million doctors, nurses, and public health professionals globally have pledged to no longer work with advertising agencies that partner with the fossil fuel industry,...
Context Newsroom: How governments should cut air pollution – from a doctor – GCHA Board Member Yuri Carvajal
Clean air is a fundamental right, not a privilege. Yet as the World Health Organization’s second global conference on air pollution and health opens in Cartagena, Colombia, millions of people globally are breathing toxic air with devastating health consequences.
Associated Press: Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says
Shweta Narayan, a campaign lead at the Global Climate and Health Alliance, said many of the regions witnessing the worst air pollution are also places where planet-heating gases are released extensively through the burning of coal, oil and gas. Slashing planet-warming emissions to slow the heating up of the planet can also improve air quality, she said.
Associated Press: Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide
The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
Associated Press: Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms
Global Climate and Health Alliance quoted: “Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless countries get better at reducing carbon pollution and adapting to hotter conditions, a new study says.”
Media Coverage of GCHA During COP29
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during COP29:
Health Policy Watch: Health Sector Seeks Path to Greater Impact on Climate Policies
“The health case for a just transition away from fossil fuels is really clear,” declared Jeni Miller, of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, which co-sponsored the session.
Politico: Can COP29 Deliver on Health?
CAN COP29 DELIVER ON HEALTH? It’s climate week in New York and, for the first time, health is one of the themes. And not before time — 2 billion people, or 25 percent of the world’s population, have experienced 30 days of heat that put their health at risk, the Global Climate and Health Alliance warned on Tuesday.
Common Dreams: ‘Terrifying’: Tuesday Was Hottest Day Ever, Breaking Record Set Just 24 Hours Earlier
“Governments must prepare to deliver a commitment at COP28 to phase out all fossil fuels, and a just transition to renewable energy for all,” Miller said.
Media Coverage of GCHA during SB60 Climate Summit in Bonn
Press coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance during SB60 Climate Summit in Bonn: Devex Opinion: To make health a global priority, move away from fossil fuels Econoticias: Hoy arranca la reunión sobre el clima de Bonn con el cambio climático como...
Media Coverage of GCHA During COP28
Mentions of the Global Climate and Health Alliance in media during COP28.
Media Coverage: Clean Air NDC Scorecard
Recent coverage of the Global Climate and Health Alliance’s Clean Air NDC Scorecard.
UN Publication Quotes GCHA’s Healthy NDC Scorecards
We’re honoured to see our Healthy NDC Scorecard quoted extensively on page 32 of the UNDESA and UNFCCC publication Synergy Solutions for a World in Crisis: Tackling Climate and SDG Action Together, launched on September 13, 2023
The Guardian: Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites
“The extraction and use of coal, oil and gas harm people’s health, are the primary driver of warming and are incompatible with a healthy climate future. That’s all the more reason that governments must prepare to deliver a commitment at Cop28 to phase out all fossil fuels, and a just transition to renewable energy for all.”