Doctors for the Environment Australia

06/11/2025

“We need brave and courageous leadership to turn the tide on both climate change and mental health” 🌏🧠

06/11/2025

Today in the Newcastle Herald, DEA member Dr John Van Der Kallen explains why Australia urgently needs stronger environmental laws ⚖️🌳

05/11/2025

Psychiatrist Dr Sarah Michael is urging the government to prioritise mental health in climate mitigation and resilience policies.

05/11/2025

Last chance to register for the annual Australian Medical Association x DEA webinar!

Join us from 7pm AEDT tonight for important discussions on climate change, health and sustainability. The webinar features keynotes from leading professionals in the climate and health arena, as well as presentations from some of Australia's specialty medical colleges.

View the full lineup of speakers and register now via the link in the comments below 👇

05/11/2025

In the halls of Parliament House, psychiatrist Dr Cybele Dey delivers an urgent message to our leaders: climate change isn’t a distant threat, it’s here and impacting the mental health of Australians NOW.

04/11/2025

Last week, members of Doctors for the Environment Australia visited Parliament House to warn our leaders that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis.

03/11/2025

We're looking forward to the annual DEA x Australian Medical Association webinar, happening this Wednesday, 7 pm AEDT.

The webinar features keynotes from leading professionals in the climate and health arena, including DEA's board chair, Professor Nicholas Talley AC, AMA Vice President Julian Rait and Professor Carolyn Hullick from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Our keynote and guest speakers will be joined by representatives from some of Australia's speciality medical colleges, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Royal Aust & NZ College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RANZCOG, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, CPMC, Public Health Association of Australia and The Australasian College of Dermatologists, outlining their past and future activities in relation to climate change and sustainability.

Come to this important event, which demonstrates how the medical profession is preparing to meet the health challenge of climate change.

📆 Wednesday, 5th November, 7 pm AEDT.
💻Register here 👇

Healthy Planet, Healthy People

29/10/2025

The latest Lancet Countdown report on Climate and Health reveals that millions of people are dying needlessly every year due to fossil fuel over-reliance and failure to act on climate.

⏰ Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide
🌡️Heat-related mortality up by 63% since the 90s
🔥154,000 deaths linked to exposure to wildfire smoke in 2024
🦟Dengue transmission up 49% since the 50s

The Australian government must heed the report's warnings and take immediate action.

Read the full report below 👇

The latest Lancet Countdown report makes clear that climate change action offers a lifeline for health. The report finds health risks and impacts of climate cha

29/10/2025

Thank you to the Parliamentary Friends of Climate Action for hosting us at Parliament House yesterday for the launch of our updated report: ‘How Climate Change Affects Mental Health”

We used our time in parliament yesterday to communicate the mental health risks of climate change to our MPs and Senators, and shared with them our treatment plan:

1. Advice and Consultation: Consult with the mental health sector and other experts on mental health and climate change.

2. Reporting, Training and Preparedness: Mandate training on the health impacts of climate change for health care workers.

3. Prevention and care: Increase funding for public health evidence-based programs, increase funding for the community health sector and recognise climate anxiety, eco-grief and solastalgia as valid grounds for Medicare-funded mental health treatment plans.

4. Protect health: Incorporate human health considerations into the EPBC Act, require health impact assessments for all energy projects, and commit to protecting Australians’ mental health by moving on from Fossil Fuels.

Read our updated report here: https://www.dea.org.au/how_climate_change_affects_mental_health_in_australia

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Croakey - Informed, engaged communities for health Psychology for a Safe Climate Climate and Health Alliance

23/10/2025

THE SCARIEST THING ABOUT HALLOWEEN IS THE PLASTIC WASTE.

If you're celebrating Halloween this year, here are some tricks to cut down on your waste:

✅ Create DIY costumes from things you already own
✅ Decorate a reusable bag or create a reusable Halloween treat bag
✅ Make decorations out of recyclable and reusable materials
✅ Source some plastic-free treats

22/10/2025

The more doctors who join us, the louder our voice and the bigger our impact. Together, we can make a real difference.

👉 Join DEA today: https://www.dea.org.au/doctor_membership

21/10/2025

We need your support to keep going. Every donation, large or small, will go directly to ensuring DEA can keep standing up to fossil fuel giants like Woodside.

A huge thank you to everyone who has chipped in so far, we are SO close to our goal! Please share and donate if you can: https://chuffed.org/project/145557-support-dea-protect-your-health