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Nov 2, 2022
At the end of this week, global health community representatives, policy makers, climate experts, economists and civil society will be meeting at COP27 (GCHA page on COP27) in Egypt. This year’s location could not be more emblematic for the United Nations climate...
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...
Oct 24, 2019
Jul 5, 2019
Guest opinion from Diedre Duff of GCHA member organization MedAct. Climate change is already claiming thousands of lives every year and impacting the health of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change...
