The potential for improvements to healthcare and patient outcomes through AI also comes at a cost to the environment - what's the way forward?
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said its Planetary Health Check 2026 shows the impacts of transgressing planetary boundaries are increasingly clear all around us, and that “we have pushed Earth outside of its safe operating space – meaning that we are turning Earth from a safe home into one full of hazards that threaten people across the world”.
Health evidence must be considered in the approval process of new coal and gas projects.
Australia is heading into a very strong El Niño this summer, and general practice is not ready for what that means.
We all know that Australia punches above its weight in international diplomacy and multilateral geopolitics — from humanitarian aid efforts, to international negotiations, and beyond. Our health professions now have the chance to contribute our outsized influence in the global climate and health agenda.
Tenacity and optimism. These seem to be the two qualities that climate advocates have as they prepare to charge into the 30th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP), COP30, from 10 – 21 November.
Australia’s current and future doctors must be educated and equipped to provide healthcare in the face of the escalating climate crisis, the health impacts of which have been starkly outlined in the recently released National Climate Risk Assessment.
The beauty of the Amazon basin will greet world leaders as they arrive in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference beginning on Monday.
The phasing out of anaesthetic gasses with high climate impact is having a positive impact on health care’s carbon footprint
