If coal can take years off your life in China and costs $500 billion per year in the US in health costs why is it good for Australia?
Recent pronouncements by the Abbott Government that coal is good for Australia are increasingly coming under scrutiny, and if recently published findings are anything to go by, this scrutiny should continue. According to the International Edition of the Green Innovation Index, Australia had the highest...
Spotlight on climate and health long overdue
According to Damian Ryan, Head of International Policy at The Climate Group there is no better time to apply a spotlight to health and climate change. Higher temperatures will either create a range of illnesses, disease or injuries or exacerbate them, at a time when...
Link between Climate Change and Health
During a round-table discussion on the impacts of climate change on public health at Howard University in Washington on April 7 2015, United States President Barack Obama made the case that protecting public health is as important as cutting greenhouse gas emissions in tackling climate...