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Articles on climate change


 

Articles on climate change


 

Advocacy > Advocacy resources > Climate Change and Health > Articles on climate change
Last updated 10 October 2024

RACGP is an active advocate on climate change

The RACGP is an active advocate for action on climate change, raising issues and driving discussion through a range of channels including AJGP and newsGP


AJGP

Climate change is a health issue we need to treat
Understanding and managing psychological distress due to climate change
Sustainable general practice
Preventing heat-related disease in general practice
Japanese encephalitis clinical update: Changing diseases under a changing climate
Plant-rich diets: Healthier for people and the planet
Respiratory inhalers and the environment
General practice in the era of planetary health: Responding to the climate health emergency
A brief review of global climate change and the public health consequences

 

newsGP

Doctors issue nationwide call for climate change action (2024)
We want change: GPs fight for climate action (2024)
How GPs can improve asthma outcomes and protect the environment (2024)
RACGP represents on national climate exchange expert group (2024)
Renewable-powered hospital campaign gains momentum (2024)
RACGP stands up for climate action (2024)
​Sweltering summer turns up heat on climate change (2024)
Doctors criticise strategy’s fossil fuel omission (2023)
RACGP backs Parliamentary push for climate protections (2023)
Doctors push for health approval on all new fossil fuel projects (2023)
Doctors send climate change message ahead of crucial UN conference (2023)
Health response to climate change heats up (2023)
Health system ‘unprepared’ for climate crisis(2023)
GPs take climate fight to Parliament House, rallying against 'cancer alley' (2023)
Climate disasters having a profound impact on mental health (2023)
Medical groups warn of climate strain on health (2022)
Take action: how practices can reduce their environmental impact (2022)
College presidents unite in call for clean energy (2022)
Medical colleges urge Prime Minister to act on climate emergency (2021)
‘There’s no more time to waste’: IPCC report (2021)
‘There won’t be a vaccine’: Calls to address climate change (2020)
Climate change is a health emergency, RACGP declares (2019)
Children will be hurt most by climate impacts on health (2019)
Where does general practice sit in addressing climate change? (2019)
Doctors call for action on climate change ahead of election (2019)
Queensland has most to lose from climate change – especially in health (2019)
GPs to take to the streets over climate health concerns (2019)
RACGP Environmental and Social Governance investment policy (2018)
Heat and Health: 2018 was Australia’s third hottest year on record (2019)
Calls for urgent action on obesity, undernutrition and climate change (2019)