Climate change is hurting healthcare
Doctors are seeing the impacts of climate change in their communities right now.
Healthcare workers across Australia are calling on our political leaders to urgently deliver climate-ready and climate-friendly healthcare systems.
We welcome the Australian National Health and Climate Strategy as an important first step towards improving the climate resilience of healthcare systems in Australia and the promotion and protection of the health of the population.
The Strategy must now be fully funded and urgently implemented.
By supporting our campaign, you can show our leaders that they must act urgently to protect the future of our healthcare system.
We’re calling on the Australian Government to fully fund the implementation of the National Health and Climate Strategy and work with states and territories to ensure it:
Is guided by First Nations knowledge and leadership
Fosters healthy and climate resilient communities
Equitably decarbonises healthcare
We’re also calling for the Australian Government to invest in:
A Climate Friendly Health System Innovation Fund
A National Climate Change and Health Resilience Research Fund
Read our Report:
Climate Change and Australia’s Healthcare Systems – A Review of Literature, Policy and Practice (commissioned by the RACP and endorsed by nine other medical colleges)
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