Phasing out fossil fuels is the surest way to reduce natural gas's toxic threat. The post BBC: The health impact of living near a fossil gas leak appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

s the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) comes to a a close in Bonn without significant progress, and the G7 kicks off in Italy, the Global Climate and Health Alliance called on developed countries to rapidly reduce emissions and to deliver on climate finance - such as the reallocation of fossil fuel subsidies to climate finance - in order to protect people from the worst impacts of climate change. Meanwhile, tens of people migrating from Sudan to Egypt have been killed by extreme heat in the past days, and hundreds in India since March. The post As Bonn Climate Meeting Fails to Deliver, G7 C ..read more

As the midyear UN Climate Change Conference opens today in Bonn, the Global Climate and Health Alliance is calling on governments to focus on health and health equity, as a spur to motivate significant progress on how the commitments made during last year’s COP28 negotiations will be delivered. The post Bonn Climate Meeting Must Continue Momentum to Protect Health from Climate Change appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

The Global Climate and Health Alliance today welcomed the adoption of a landmark resolution on Climate Change and Health by 194 World Health Organization (WHO) member states during the World Health Assembly (WHA 77, May 27-June 1), which underlines climate change as a major threat to global public health, and sets out a framework to promote health and build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems. The post World Health Assembly: Health Professionals Hail Adoption of Landmark Climate and Health Resolution appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

Ahead of next week’s World Health Assembly (WHA 77, May 27-June 1), the Global Climate and Health Alliance is calling on World Health Organization (WHO) member states to adopt a proposed resolution on Climate Change and Health. The draft resolution clearly states that climate change is a major threat to global public health, and sets out a framework to promote health and build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems [1]. The key global health meeting takes place just ahead of next month’s UN Climate negotiations in Bonn (SB 60). The post Why Urgent Climate Resolution Must Be Adopted D ..read more

A new ‘perspective’ article published today in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) highlights the crucial role the health community must play in the worldwide response to climate change - both demanding action from policymakers and preparing health systems. The post New England Journal of Medicine Commentary: Health Community Must Build on COP28 Climate Momentum appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

Following December’s UN climate negotiations in Dubai,  Global Climate and Health Alliance Executive Director Dr Jeni Miller reflects on the climate summit’s outcomes, and the action needed next to protect people’s health from the climate crisis.  Last December’s COP28 featured the first ever COP Health Day, which elevated the importance of protecting people’s health through […] The post The health community at COP28 – where do we go to from here appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

Health groups denounced the summit’s failure to commit to a full phase out of fossil fuels, a critically urgent step towards protecting people’s health, and criticized the failure to commit to strong targets for adaptation to build resilient systems capable of protecting vulnerable people. The post Health Organisations: COP28 “Signals” Alone From World Leaders Will Not Protect People’s Health appeared first on The Global Climate and Health Alliance ..read more

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