Oct 25, 2022
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...
Oct 14, 2022
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,...
Oct 10, 2022
Global, 10 October, 2022:- Governments can achieve a clean energy future for thriving healthy societies by effectively implementing a just energy transition, according to a briefing published today. A Just Energy Transition for a Healthy Fossil Fuel Free...
Sep 20, 2022
The following news coverage resulted from our September 14, 2022 press release: International Health Organizations Call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Arthur Neslen, The Guardian: Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty Martin...
Sep 14, 2022
Parliamentarians from over 30 countries have been signing a letter to the newly elected President of Colombia Gustavo Petro, welcoming his stated intentions to address the climate crisis, working for climate justice, and delivering a planned, gradual, and just...
Sep 14, 2022
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...
Sep 13, 2022
Global, 14 septembre 2022 :– Plus de 1000 professionnels de la santé et 200 organisations de santé du monde entier ont appelé aujourd’hui les gouvernements à élaborer et à mettre en œuvre de toute urgence un traité de non-prolifération des combustibles...
Sep 13, 2022
Global, 14 September 2022:– More than 1000 health professionals and 200 health organizations from around the world have today called on governments to urgently develop and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to end global dependence on fossil fuels,...
Sep 13, 2022
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...
Aug 11, 2022
In the midst of the health and climate crises, Chile embarked on the journey to a new constitution. The will for a new social contract, to respond to social demands such as health and education, also had an important environmental impulse, manifested decisively in the...