Apr 21, 2020
Berkeley, California – On the eve of Earth Day (22 April), many countries are preparing to resume activities after their Covid-19 peak. The decisions governments make now must prepare the way for a safer and healthier future for everyone and for the planet on...
Apr 3, 2020
Berkeley, California – The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) criticised the latest moves by governments in the US and Canada, to roll back key components of national environmental policies citing the COVID-19 pandemic and a need to stimulate the economy...
Mar 25, 2020
“When I first read about the possibility of a multibillion-dollar bailout of the oil and gas sector by the federal and Alberta governments, I was exhausted. I was exhausted from days of ER work, personal protective equipment drills, obsessive counting of...
Mar 23, 2020
We have compiled a non-exhaustive list of useful links to associations and organisations providing the latest information and guidelines about the coronavirus, causing an illness called Covid-19. The virus is spreading worldwide and it is important we all follow...
Jan 22, 2020
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...
Jan 8, 2020
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...
Dec 15, 2019
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Dec 13, 2019
Madrid – The United Nations negotiations on climate change (COP25) are due to close later today in Madrid, after two weeks of talks where countries — the big emitters in particular — failed to put us on a path to achieve 1.5 degrees, avert climate...
Dec 13, 2019
Madrid – Las negociaciones de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático (COP25) se cerrarán hoy más tarde en Madrid, después de dos semanas de conversaciones en las que los países, en particular los grandes emisores, no lograron establecer el camino para...
