Strategy
Human health and wellbeing climate change adaptation plan for Queensland
This document outlines the process to develop the Human Health and Wellbeing Climate Adaptation Plan (H-CAP) and describes its scope. It provides an overview of existing policy, and outlines policy drivers and enablers, and case studies to inspire action.
Discussion paper
Framework for a national strategy on climate change, health and well-being for Australia
This framework for a national strategy provides a roadmap to support the Commonwealth Government in taking a leadership role in protecting the health and well-being of Australian communities from climate change, and in fulfilling its international obligations under the Paris Agreement.
Report
National consultation regarding a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia: final consultation report
This consultation report reveals deepening concerns about climate change within the health community and desire for federal leadership for urgent action.
Audio
Activists call for Hunter Valley coal mine ban
A group of health professionals and environmentalists are calling on NSW Premier Mike Baird to ban new coal mining in the Hunter Valley. The lobby group includes former Australians of the Year Professors Fiona Stanley and Tim Flannery, who say that the health and environmental cost of coal is now too high to justify new...
Report
Coal and health in the Hunter: lessons from one valley for the world
This report provides an insight into the evidence of the harm – local, national, and global – from coal production in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia.