Report
How climate change affects mental health in Australia
A growing body of evidence shows mental ill-health from climate change impacts has grown in recent years, with children and young people among those most at risk. To successfully address climate mental health impacts, action is required at multiple levels – individual, organisational and local community as well as state and national policy.
Report
Fossil fuels are a health hazard
As the primary drivers of climate change, fossil fuels are responsible for the climate health emergency. Doctors and other health professionals who are on the frontline of care are seeing the escalating impacts in their clinics and in emergency departments. This report consolidates key evidence demonstrating how fossil fuels endanger health and outlines a treatment...
Report
How climate change affects mental health in Australia
This report discusses climate change and mental health, including mental illness and suicide. It summarises existing knowledge and theory about effective responses and highlights areas where further research is needed.
Policy report
The implications for human health and wellbeing of expanding gas mining in Australia
This review found growing evidence of direct health impacts, as well as a clear potential for indirect impacts of gas and oil mining on essential environmental determinants of health, including a stable climate, air quality, water quality, water security, food security, community cohesion and, in some locations, geological stability.
Report
The health factor: ignored by industry, overlooked by government
This document describes damning situations where state and federal governments have overlooked or ignored dangerous practices. It highlights the deficiencies of large-scale mining and resource development with emphasis on activities of most concern to communities; coal and unconventional gas.