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
Why Health Leaders Are Cutting Ties with Fossil Fuel-Linked Ad Agencies
By Shweta Narayan It would be unthinkable for a respiratory society to partner with advertisers defending Big Tobacco. But this is exactly the contradiction that still exists when health organisations use agencies that greenwash fossil...
Video: Health Professionals Join NYC March to End Fossil Fuels
Dozens of doctors, nurses and other professionals working in the health sector joined tens of thousands of marchers outside the New York headquarters of the United Nations during The March to End Fossil Fuels
Associated Press: Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says
Shweta Narayan, a campaign lead at the Global Climate and Health Alliance, said many of the regions witnessing the worst air pollution are also places where planet-heating gases are released extensively through the burning of coal, oil and gas. Slashing planet-warming emissions to slow the heating up of the planet can also improve air quality, she said.
LATEST EVENT
COP29 and Health: What happened? What did It mean? Where do we go from here?
December 17, 2024 @ 15:00-16.30 GMT Join us and our guest speakers for a deep dive into the outcomes of COP29, including policy outcomes across different negotiation streams, and their implications for health. – Únase a GCHA y a nuestros...
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.
