Statement to Davos summit on Australian bushfires, health, climate change
On Tuesday 14 January Melbourne’s air quality was the worst in the world, interrupting the Australian Open tennis championship. Some players were unable to continue playing because of the smoke from the recent bushfires in South East Australia, which killed at least...
Royal College of Physicians to end investment in fossil fuel and mining companies
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has announced that it will divest from fossil fuel and mining companies. The RCP will start divesting from the worst oil and gas companies immediately and will divest from all fossil fuel and mining companies, whose operations are...
Unmask My City: Healthy Air, Healthy Climate
A new initiative, Unmask My City, to address the intertwined threats to our health and our climate from air pollution.
Joint GCHA-NCD Alliance report published
We have just published a policy brief jointly with the NCD Alliance entitled ‘NCDs and Climate Change: Shared Opportunities for Action’ – click on the image or here to download the English version and here for the Spanish version.
German Health Organisations Call for Decisive Action on Climate Change
50 organisations and individuals from the German health sector including HEAL are urging the German government to take more decisive action to protect our health from climate change. The Call’s messages are based on recommendations of the Lancet Commission on Health...
2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change
The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost medical journals, today published its 2015 Commission on Health and Climate Change: “Policy Responses to Protect Public Health”, 6 years after the publication of its landmark 2009 Lancet Commission report.
Climate Change and Food Safety
New Briefing Published: Climate Change and Food Safety This week, the 2015 World Health Day took place on April 7th, focusing on the theme of Food Safety, and included the production of many useful informational resources, accessible here....
HCWH-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a heal
Health Care Without Harm-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a health treaty too Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia), an international environmental and health organization whose mission is to transform...
Health Care Without Harm-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a health treaty too
Health Care Without Harm-Asia to Presidents Hollande, Aquino: Do not forget public health – the climate treaty is a health treaty too Health Care Without Harm-Asia (HCWH-Asia), an international environmental and health organization whose mission is to transform...
Health leaders call for concerted action on climate change at Lima Climate and Health Summit
Lima, Peru 07/12/2014 – After the first week of the current UN climate talks in Lima, health professionals, public health experts and policymakers convened yesterday for the 2014 Climate and Health Summit. The packed program featured inspiring speakers such as Peru’s...
Health at the UN Climate Summit
Taking place from the 21st-27th September, Climate Week 2014 will see 122 heads of state converge upon New York for a climate summit convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on September 23rd. The week will also see many health leaders speak out about...
Civil Society Event: “Action in Climate and Health”
Gina McCarthy, Boris Lushniak, Richard Horton to speak at Climate and Health Event on the Eve of the UN Climate Summit in New York Media Advisory New York, September 19, 2014 On Monday September 22nd, the eve of the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in...
WHO Health and Climate Conference – Civil Society Call To Action
Civil Society Call To Action WHO Health and Climate Conference, Geneva, August 29, 2014 We congratulate the World Health Organization on their vision and leadership in convening this week’s Health and Climate Summit, an historic event which...
WHO IFMSA Youth Consultation
The International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA), in partnership with the WHO, are calling on young people from around the world, to share their perspectives on climate change and health in an upcoming online consultation. This is taking place in...
IPCC report published!
Our report, film and infographics about the IPCC report and what it means for health have now been published! You can see and download them our our website here.