GPHW2022:

Climate Change Inaction – Ramifications for Australia

Theme: Reversing Climate Disaster

Date and Time: 05 April 2022 | 22:00 (CEST)

Event Description: Being 13C hotter than the global average, Australia can be viewed as a (rich) Canary in the Coal Mine. With the world’s most variable rainfall, Australia historically lurches from droughts to floods. Intensifying heat extremes and rainfall variability renders Australia extremely vulnerable to climate change. Yet despite temperatures over 50C, the Great Barrier Reef repeatedly bleaching, catastrophic wildfires lasting 7 months and burning through four states, the Government remains addicted to coal and gas March 2022 delivered the worst floods in recorded history, destroying 25,000 homes. Unprecedented is no excuse for being unprepared. Refusal to mitigate climate change is devastating families, communities, businesses, agricultural land and biodiversity. Public health advocacy is now on steroids and becoming politically active, pushing Australia to embrace PPPRR: ‘Prevent. Plan. Prepare. Respond. Recover.’

Presenter:

• Associate Professor Liz Hanna, WFPHA Environmental Health Working Group Chair

Event Type: Pre-recorded Video

Event Format: Virtual

Language(s): English

Organiser(s): WFPHA Environmental Health Working Group

How to Attend Virtually: The video will be available on WFPHA media.

Registration: N/A