As climate-related disasters around the world increase, so too does the burden of accumulated trauma on global mental health.
By focussing on the health impacts of climate change, health professionals can play a vital role in framing the need for climate actions in a way that is more personally meaningful and less controversial for the public and policy makers
A volunteer project at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is using native landscapes to adapt to climate while enhancing wellbeing, Indigenous cultural security and local biodiversity.
Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy’s vision is to be commended, but detail of how the Strategy’s objectives will be implemented is still unclear.
Australia is making some progress to address the impacts of climate change, but greater urgency is needed.
Dr Will Cairns explores the challenge of forecasting in complex systems. He writes that even the best forecasting systems cannot make decisions for us; it is up to us as humans to decide the best way forward.
Dr Will Cairns reflects on a chance childhood meeting with the physicist Leo Szilard, inventor of the atom bomb, and wonders about our capacity to address the challenges facing humankind.
