Apr 15, 2025
By Sharmila Dhungana, GCHA Member Coordinator, and Emily Benson, GCHA Communications Advisor In a volatile global political climate, where borders are closing, aid is shrinking, and scientific collaboration is being undermined, the Global Climate and Health...
Apr 1, 2025
My name is Elvis Ndikum from Cameroon, and I’m a clean air advocate leading the Global Youth Strategy on Air Pollution and Climate Health (GYS). GYS works on mobilizing global action through advocacy to address air pollution and its impact on climate health....
Mar 24, 2025
The World Health Organization’s conference on air pollution and health opens this week in Cartagena, Colombia. Dr Yuri Carvajal is a board member of the Global Climate and Health Alliance and President of the Environment Department of The Medical College of Chile....
Mar 20, 2025
Cartagena, 20 March 2025:- Ahead of next week’s WHO conference on the health impacts of air pollution, health professionals are calling for governments to urgently protect their populations from the deadly health impacts of polluted air and to ramp up investment in...
Mar 18, 2025
Air pollution, primarily driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is one of the greatest public health threats globally, contributing to 7 million premature deaths annually and exacerbating the climate crisis. The same pollutants that harm human health also contribute...
Mar 17, 2025
GCHA Members from the Latin America Network share their experiences of how air pollution is damaging the lives of their patients and communities. Next week, governments, health leaders, researchers, and multilateral organisations will gather in Colombia for...
Mar 11, 2025
Associated Press, March 11, 2025, by Sibi Aru: Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found. Switzerland-based air...
Mar 6, 2025
Associated Press, March 6, 2025: By TAIWO ADEBAYO and SIBI ARASUThe 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...
Feb 10, 2025
Watch the briefing on YouTube Global, 10 February 2025:- New research published today by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) demonstrates that while governments are giving greater priority to health when setting national climate policies, many have yet to...
Jan 30, 2025
Courtney Howard, vice chair of the Global Climate and Health Alliance quoted by the Associated press in Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by...
