Lancet Countdown 2022: Fossil Fuels Incompatible with Healthy Future

Lancet Countdown 2022: Fossil Fuels Incompatible with Healthy Future

  London, 25 October 2022:- Responding to the launch of the 2022 Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change report, Dr Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, said: “This year’s Lancet Countdown makes clear...
Health community policy recommendations for COP27

Health community policy recommendations for COP27

In the lead up to COP27, the health community has jointly developed policy recommendations on the themes of loss and damage, mitigation, adaptation and finance. The Paris Agreement acknowledges the relevance of the right to health to climate action. To date,...
Why we need a global Treaty to phase out fossil fuels and protect lives

Why we need a global Treaty to phase out fossil fuels and protect lives

More than 1000 health professionals and nearly 200 health organizations from around the world – including the World Health Organization – are calling upon governmentsto  lay out a legally binding global plan to phase out fossil fuel use, in order to protect the health...
Heat waves: a major health threat

Heat waves: a major health threat

HEAL, the Health and Environment Alliance, has gathered comprehensive data and resources demonstrating the impacts of heat waves on human health.  Climate change leads to an increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including heatwaves. In June and...