Did you know that smoke from bushfires can affect health conditions ranging from diabetes to heart disease, stroke, asthma and COPD?Do you...

The International Court of Justice International Court of Justice , CC BY-NC-ND Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney and Liam Moore, James Cook University Australia has long tried to be two things at once – a trusted friend to Pacific nations in a bid to reduce China’s influence, and a giant exporter of fossil fuels. This diplomatic tightrope has become increasingly hard to walk, as Pacific...

Australia finally has a net zero plan at the Commonwealth level. But so far, health hasn’t been factored into Australia’s national climate response. The federal government has yet to announce plans specific to the sector or, more broadly, the health of Australians.This is despite experts warning climate inaction is putting lives at risk and could overwhelm our health system, and Australia’s health sector accounting for 7% of the country’s carbon emissions.Countries are expected to arrive in Glasgow for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, with dramatically scaled up commitments to those they pledged in Paris in 2015.And health is clearly on the agenda. The UK government has announced a...