Today I had the honour of delivering a keynote lecture to medical students from around Australia. I talked about the health impacts of climate change, fossil fuels, plastic waste and biodiversity loss. And discussed what medical students can do. Thank you for the great questions!

#iDEA24
Hear the great debate & QandA on
Top Down or Bottom Up- what's going to get Australia to #NetZero faster?
Register now-all welcome!
dea.org.au/idea2024/
Paddy Manning
Allegra Spender Matt Kean MP Shane Rattenbury MLA
GetUp! Environmental Defenders Office 350 Pacific
#auspol

Bus shelters and seats are cheap, local infrastructure that make our transport systems more accessible. It's time for the NSW Government to fund solution (bus shelters!) to this obvious and easily solvable problem.
smh.com.au/national/nsw/r…

Yesterday we heard doctors, nurses, students, scientists, emergency services workers and lawyers from across Australia voice their support for legislating a Duty of Care to young people and future generations.

Add your voice by signing the petition👇
adutyofcare.com.au

Who should pay for the transiton to a decarbonised economy and climate adaptation to keep Australians safe as our climate changes?

📢 We're thrilled & honoured to have Prof Lesley Hughes and Prof. Nick Talley as keynote speakers at #iDEA24 !
Register now for our exciting two-day #conference in Syd or online! All welcome.
dea.org.au/idea2024/

Climate Council Macquarie University
University of Newcastle NHMRC

Australia’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is back in court for refusing to act on the climate harm of coal mines envirojustice.org.au/press-release/…

Struggling to sleep? You’re not imagining it.
Australia’s summer nights are getting hotter.
Kate Wylie joins @sarahinscienceon to speak on climate #heat and health.
SwelteringCities Dr Kim Loo
couriermail.com.au/technology/env…

Today will be a scorcher across Sydney

Use our #HeatWatch app to get your personalised heat stress risk score

Free, easy-to-use, gives 7-day forecast, tailored advice, & multiple profiles to keep an eye on loved ones

heatwatch.sydney.edu.au

Federico Tartarini Heat and Health Research Incubator

Such a good story about the power of trees and why #children - no matter where they live- must have #trees to climb.
PS: Thanks for the mention Daisy Turnbull!
WWF_Australia SwelteringCities Dr Kim Loo
The Sydney Morning Herald

smh.com.au/environment/cl…

Our Sydney team plus Dr Kim Loo (a great friend of Sweltering Cities!) did some great strategising and planning today in Parramatta.

Breaking: Labor's Climate Change (Emissions Targets) Bill 2021 has passed the Legislative Council. This will put into law the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 & get NSW to net zero by 2050. It will now go to the Legislative Assembly. #nswpol

The world is facing climate collapse but Australia keeps digging up coal and chopping down forests. That’s why I’m on a #ClimateHungerStrike until the Australian Government takes real action. Read more and please sign my petition here.👇🏽 lyrebirddreaming.com/post/climatehu…

“Doctors from around the world unite to call for urgent climate action”. Well done WONCA #WONCASydney2023 ! So nice to be with you at this special Conference! World Health Organization (WHO) theguardian.com/environment/20…

100 diverse Chinese Australians from across Australia have come together to show their support for a Voice to Parliament - I'm so proud to see our multicultural Australian family come together in support of Yes. #yes23 #auspol

The Middle Arm devpt is a health disaster. Paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward telling it like it is #DoNoHarmStopMiddleArm ⁦David Pocock⁩ ⁦Dr Monique Ryan MP⁩ ⁦💚🌏 Sarah Hanson-Young⁩ ⁦Climate and Health Alliance⁩ ⁦Anthony Albanese⁩ ⁦Tanya Plibersek⁩ youtu.be/TwT79Jcgzy4?si…

Lots of respect for Coco Gauff and her reaction to the climate protesters who disrupted the US Open yesterday

For pity’s sake, Vote Yes. These children had no voice.

This is such a game changer.