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The human health impact of climate change

The world has talked at great lengths about how climate change is an environmental crisis. But what about the human health effects that come from it?

Sustainability

Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat

Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.

Science

Game-changer: Putting the heat on climate education

Medical faculties globally have been slow to recognise the training needs of the next generation of doctors regarding the health consequences of a heating planet.

Medicine and health

Switching on: The benefits of household electrification in Australia

A new report has found that electrifying the residential sector will result in cutting household energy costs, provide health benefits, and drive job creation.

Environment

COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health

As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.

Medicine and health

What happens when things get too hot to handle?

Hotter, drier conditions associated with El Niño can be detrimental to our health. These tips may help.

Politics and society

Home ventilation dilemmas amid COVID, climate change and renewable energy

Seal it up? Open it up? Air quality is a growing concern for Australian households, and the gap between energy advice and health advice leaves many people confused.

Technology

Winter warning: The cold, hard truth about non-COVID deaths during the pandemic

A new study has found extreme cold weather increased the risk of death in Italy during the pandemic, and while Australian conditions are different, there are valuable lessons to be learned.

Medicine and health

Battery-up: Climate change is essentially an energy challenge

To supercharge the climate fight, we need to mitigate the environmental and financial impact of producing lithium-ion technology, and develop lower-carbon batteries.

Technology and engineering

Shot in the arm: All you need to know about the vaccines, and their rollout

Dr Harry Al-Wassiti, Research Fellow at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), answers the questions about the jab that's on everyone's mind.

Medicine and health

Theatres of conflict

Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?

Medicine and health