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Some big challenges for health promotion (including the “converging crises” of environmental degradation and social injustice)

The most important task facing the health promotion sector is to help humanity change how we live in order to address “the converging crises of environmental degradation, climate change, resource depletion and social injustice”. This was one of several challenges that UK expert Professor Mark Dooris issued to the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA) conference in Sydney [...]

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As the Earth approaches a critical tipping point, a reminder about why our biological wealth is critical for health

Earth is rapidly approaching a tipping point, and our quality of life will suffer substantial degradation by 2050 if we continue on our current path, according to a global group of scientists. The Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere recently issued a call to action to the world’s policymakers in this document, A Message to [...]

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Concerns raised about the ethics of anti-wind farm research

Crikey journalist Amber Jamieson recently reported that the National Health and Medical Research Council is examining whether anti-wind farm campaigner Sarah Laurie has breached ethical codes of research conduct. The NHMRC and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency were recently sent a dossier raising questions about the work of Laurie, CEO of the Waubra Foundation [...]

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Where is the leadership on health research and climate change?

Alarm bells are ringing right around the world on climate change (see some of the most recent examples at the bottom of this post). But does the health and medical research sector have its thumbs jammed firmly in its ears? In the article below, Dr Elizabeth Haworth, Dr Brad Farrant and Fiona Armstrong lament a [...]

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If the Feds wanted to use the Budget to improve population health….. (some out-of-the-box ideas)

If the Federal Government wanted to use the forthcoming Budget to boost population health, what would it do? Raise taxation generally (plus specific hikes for tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods), and remove subsidies on the use of fossil fuels. These are among the suggestions from Croakey contributors outlined in the post below. Contributors also said [...]

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Climate change and health – more food for thought

The politicians may not be talking much about climate change but fortunately many others are. Below are some recent publications to keep you up to date on the issue that will present one of our greatest health challenges.   The Critical Decade: Global action building on climate change: This report from the Climate Commission updates [...]

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Recommended reading: Earthmasters by Clive Hamilton

Clive Hamilton’s new book, Earthmasters: Playing God with the climate, investigates the use of geo-engineering technologies to mitigate climate change. A positive review in the latest Australian Book Review, says: It is a book that every politician, policy-maker, and citizen should read. The future of the planet and its inhabitants simply demands it. Rosalie Schultz, [...]

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On climate change, magical thinking and the Government’s inadequate response to the recent Productivity Commission inquiry

Politicians and policymakers seem to be operating in a “post-truth”, invented reality when it comes to responding to the threat of climate change, according to Fiona Armstrong, Convenor of the Climate and Health Alliance. The sort of magical thinking displayed by the Government in its response to the Productivity Commission’s recent inquiry into barriers to [...]

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Angry summer shaped by a shifting climate

Will Steffen,  Australian Climate Commissioner and Executive Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute, writes: The hottest summer on record. The hottest month on record. The hottest day ever recorded for the whole of Australia. Heatwaves, bushfires, record rainfall and floods – extreme events across the land. This was the angry summer. The Climate Commission’s latest [...]

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NCCARF defunded

Yesterday I came across this inviting tweet from Ben Harris-Roxas:   Who could resist clicking the link! It was with some wonderment that I then read this article posted on the ABC website on Tuesday – Key climate change body loses government funding.

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