The climate crisis is a health crisis
We mobilise the global health community to accelerate climate action
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We are doctors, nurses, clinicians, and therapists. We are health advocates, researchers, public health and policy experts.
We have come together because, wherever we are in the world, we are seeing how the climate crisis is impacting our patients, our communities, our public health and healthcare systems. Respiratory diseases are escalating; communicable diseases are spreading; humanitarian disaster are becoming more frequent.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and our communities and healthcare systems are starting to buckle.
But there is an answer: Climate solutions can be health solutions. That’s why we’re working together to hold decision makers accountable. To protect human health, we have to restore the planet.
We have a unique opportunity to improve health for all and to tackle global inequality, if we act fast.
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We are a network of 200+ health and development organisations
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Number of health workers represented by our member & partner organisations
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Our network spans every continent and 125+ countries
News and Events
COP30 State of Play: People’s Health Hangs in the Balance, as Key COP Priorities Still Under Debate
“With a number of vital issues still in play at COP30, the health community is calling on governments at the Amazon’s COP to deliver on the meeting’s avowed objective”, said Dr Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, a consortium of more than 200 health professional and health civil society organisations and networks from around the world addressing climate change. “Belém was promised to be the COP of implementation, where commitments would be turned into actionable and measurable plans, supported by the necessary finance and collaboration to bring them to fruition. Protecting people’s health means implementing climate action, and with the days ticking away, now is the moment to take this action.”
Key GCHA Health events COP28
With health on the agenda of the climate negotiations for the first time, there are over 100 health events planned across the two week period of COP28. Here at GCHA we're so proud to share just some of the key events that our members and...
Press Coverage: Cradle to Grave Report
A sweeping new report released today reveals the devastating impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use on human health. Cradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition provides the first comprehensive global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the human lifespan, from pregnancy and pre-birth to old age.
Climate and Health Facts
The Climate and Us
Real stories of climate and health from around the world
The Climate and Us is a series of short branded films produced for the the Global Climate and Health Alliance by the BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. Divided into three Chapters, the series takes you on a cinematic journey across the world to explore the many ways in which a changing climate is impacting people’s health and wellbeing.
Member spotlight
Health and Environment Alliance
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is the leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the natural and built environments affect health in the European Union (EU) and beyond.
HEAL’s vision is a world in which today’s and future generations can benefit from a clean environment to enjoy long and healthy lives.
