The Global Climate And Health Alliance

The Global Climate And Health Alliance

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Global coalition of #health organisations tackling #climatechange to protect and promote public health. We mobilise the global health community and accelerates climate action to improve health for all. #ClimateAction is #Health action.

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Out today #Cradle2Grave “The flagship report with 600+ scientific citations, case studies from around world & testimonials from communities & health pros" “We wanted to show the scale of the problem"- @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/16/p... - @marielozada.bsky.social

climatechangenews.comNew report links fossil fuels to health harms from birth to old ageA report that compiles over 600 scientific citations shows that fossil fuels' health harms start before birth and extend in time
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⚡Out now: “Protecting Health in the Age of Climate Disinformation” - a new position paper from @who.int Civil Society Working Group on Climate & Health. 🤥 When climate disinformation puts people health at risk, protecting the information is key. Read: climateandhealthalliance.org/disinformati...

climateandhealthalliance.orgDisinformation and Health: Protecting Health in the Age of Climate Disinformation - The Global Climate and Health AllianceClimate disinformation harms health. Information integrity protects it. Together, the health community can protect people from climate disinformation.

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Ed Maibach
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The brain is a terrible thing to pollute, at any stage of life. Even the brains of fetuses can be harmed by the air pollution their mothers’ breathe—and the consequences can burden them for their entire lives. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

climateandhealthalliance.orgCradle to Grave: The Health Toll of Fossil Fuels and the Imperative for a Just Transition (2nd edition) - The Global Climate and Health AllianceFirst comprehensive study looking at the full impact of the fossil fuel industry on our health - from extraction though to abandoned sites.
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I really don't think most people appreciate how much damage air pollution does to our bodies & brains. Even in the last 10 years the science has progressed a ton & everything it has discovered is *grim*.

seattletimes.comA remarkable new picture is emerging of how the air around us could harm the brainResearchers discovered that some particles had penetrated deep into the brain, reaching the amygdala, a region that helps shape emotion and memory.
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Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comHeat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warnPeople succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll
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"Cambodia had consulted the Ministry of Health while developing its NDC and identified the ministry as a participant in implementing some of the proposed measures. This is already commendable,” said @jessbeagley.bsky.social 👉 cambodianess.com/article/camb... by @saophalniseiy.bsky.social

cambodianess.comCambodia Ranks Third Globally for Integrating Health Into Climate PlansPHNOM PENH – Cambodia ranks third globally for integrating public health into its national climate plan, placing it among a handful of countries whose ...
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"Those [#NDCs #HealthyNDCs] commitments offer the clearest preview of what governments will bring to COP31, which opens in Antalya, Türkiye, on 9 November." healthpolicy-watch.news/major-carbon...

healthpolicy-watch.newsMost Major Carbon Emitters Barely Mention Health In Their Climate Plans - Health Policy WatchLow- and middle-income countries that contribute little to global warming have done the most to plan for its toll on health, while the major economies behind

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Prem Sikka
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Scientists urge UK govt to launch inquiry into unequal health impacts of air pollution. Rivers polluted. Datacentres adding to pollution. Richest 1% produce up to 56 times more carbon emissions than the poorest 50%. Don't bear the social cost. Redistribution can save lives, cut healthcare costs.

theguardian.comBurnham urged to launch inquiry into unequal health impacts of air pollutionLetter from 150 scientists, MPs and activists calls for action to protect lower-income and minority-ethnic communities

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Providing examples of why health is the most powerful argument we have for climate ambition, H.E. Amb. Sylvain Kalsakau of #Vanuatu reiterates health: - makes benefits local and immediate - gives us measurable goals - bridges climate and national budgets - provides co-benefits

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Ed Maibach
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I encourage everyone interested in protecting human health and our rapidly deteriorating climate to join @gchalliance.bsky.social for the launch of our updated Healthy NDC Scorecards later today. See details below. @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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⚡#HealthyNDC Scorecards are back! 120 national climate plans analysed through a health lens. Want to see how your government is doing❓ 👉Join our launch on 14 Oct, 18:30-20:00 pm CEST 📍In-person: lnkd.in/e52VbhmC 🖥️ Online: lnkd.in/ed64C-Nd With @wellcometrust.bsky.social & @cleanairfund.bsky.social

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"[GCHA] study rated 132 countries, which submitted their 2035 climate plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change before August 2026, pursuant to the Paris Agreement. Notably, low- and middle-income countries secured 19 of the top 20 scores" dailypost.ng/2026/10/14/n...

dailypost.ngNigeria among nations integrating health in climate plan - ReportColombia, Nigeria, and Cambodia are the top three nations integrating health into their national climate plan, the Global Climate and Health Alliance said

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💊😶‍🌫️ Pharmaceutical companies are collectively oblivious of their indirect ties to the fossil fuel sector, reveals new article by Scrip - pharmaceutical news publication. Scrip contacted 14 large pharmaceutical companies and the findings are concerning. 👉 insights.citeline.com/scrip/esg/sh...

insights.citeline.comShould Pharma Use Its PR Clout Against Climate Damage?Campaigners are calling on pharma companies and health organizations to refuse to work with PR agencies that also work for fossil fuel companies.
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💊😶‍🌫️ Pharmaceutical companies are collectively oblivious of their indirect ties to the fossil fuel sector, reveals new article by Scrip - pharmaceutical news publication. Scrip contacted 14 large pharmaceutical companies and the findings are concerning. 👉 insights.citeline.com/scrip/esg/sh...

insights.citeline.comShould Pharma Use Its PR Clout Against Climate Damage?Campaigners are calling on pharma companies and health organizations to refuse to work with PR agencies that also work for fossil fuel companies.

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Ed Maibach
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So galling: Big Oil executives--who for decades have lied, deceived, and in every other way stonewalled legislation that would stop them from profiting by poisoning our bodies and our climate--are now asking for legal immunity for their crimes. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

pointsourcenews.org“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuitsThe fossil fuel industry and its allies are coordinating to end lawsuits that could make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages.

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CAAD_Coalition
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Health orgs are taking a stand against PR and ad agencies that also work for the fossil-fuel industry. @gchalliance.bsky.social highlights the conflict of interest when agencies promoting public health also help fossil fuel companies greenwash their image. buff.ly/t218WVh

buff.lyHealth Groups Launch Plan to Expose PR Agencies Playing Both Sides of the Climate and Health CrisisNew “Fossil PR Toolkit” reveals how agencies trusted to promote health and wellbeing also work for fossil fuel companies that drive pollution, climate change, and health harms.
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Health Community Responds to UNEP Overshoot Report on Exceeding 1.5°C of Global Heating: We must be acting now to get on an ‘overshoot, peak, and decline’ pathway. climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas...

climateandhealthalliance.orgHealth Community Responds to UNEP Overshoot Report on Exceeding 1.5°C of Global Heating“As the climate is warming faster than the world is reducing emissions or adapting it is imperative that governments take urgent action to collectively reduce emissions that reverse that warming”

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Damian Carrington
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🚨 El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds 🚨 - "El Niño can supercharge global warming but also global warming can supercharge El Niño – that is what we are seeing" #ElNino #climatecrisis Story by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comEl Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year

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Ed Maibach
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The bad news: Research continues to reveal the many ways that human health suffers as a consequence of climate change. The good news: By embracing clean energy & ending fossil fuel use, we can limit climate change and usher in an era of health and prosperity. @gchalliance.bsky.social @who.int

grist.orgIn a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thrivingResearchers are beginning to untangle how the "drought-disease paradox" works.
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👏 Impressive improvements on London children's respiratory health after emissions reduced, following introduction of Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez). 👉 "Scientists "stunned" by how quickly young children's lungs began to recover & grow after pollution restrictions" www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comChildren's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zoneChildren's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

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⚡ Our new report "Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Global Public Health: A Reinforcing Cycle of Harm" is out. 👉 It presents current evidence on the relationship between climate change and armed conflict, and its implications for global public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/resources/re...

climateandhealthalliance.orgReport: Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Global Public Health: A Reinforcing Cycle of HarmThis report presents the current evidence on the intersecting nature of climate change and armed conflict, and its implications for global public health.

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IPPNW
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Check out the new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social "Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Global Public Health: A reinforcing cycle of harm" with contributions by IPPNW Board member Stella Ziegler!

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Ian Weissman, DO
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The tiny particles from wildfires can lodge in the lungs or make their way to the bloodstream. Years of repeated exposure to wildfire smoke can increase chances of a premature death. www.sciencenews.org/article/what...

sciencenews.orgWhat's to blame for Canada's wildfires?The inferno that sent toxic smoke billowing toward the United States won't be the last. Officials are now battling both the wildfires and misinformation.

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Ed Maibach
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Our newest study shows, yet again, that when health professionals speak up to advocate for clean energy & against fossil fuels, it STRENGTHENS public trust in them. Speak up to protect people’s health & the climate! @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @lisapatel.bsky.social

doi.orgOptimizing health professionals' climate advocacy messagesOptimizing health professionals' climate advocacy messages, Fine, Julia, Ettinger, Joshua, Myers, Teresa, Yue, Yuan, Patel, Lisa, Kotcher, John E, Maibach, Edward
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"A new Global Climate and Health Alliance report highlights the dangerous relationship between climate change and armed conflict. It explains how the two are creating a 'reinforcing cycle of harm' to human health." 👉 Full analysis in: www.prabhatkhabar.com/health/clima...

prabhatkhabar.comजलवायु परिवर्तन और युद्ध से स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं पर दोहरा खतरानयी रिपोर्ट में खुलासा: जलवायु परिवर्तन और युद्ध मिलकर बढ़ा रहे हैं वैश्विक स्वास्थ्य संकट. जानें कैसे ये एक-दूसरे को कर रहे मजबूत.

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Ed Maibach
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H/T to Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, who “has been among the few leaders to argue that the European Union’s green transition should be accelerated accordingly”—in response to the wildfires that are raging across the Eurozone and elsewhere around the world. @gchalliance.bsky.social

theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | EditorialEditorial: At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritised
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Health effects of wildfires disasters are as real. After heroic rescue operations, must come the time for political & public support for prevention. 👉Health groups call on gov. for: +Research on health impacts +Preparedness & #ClimateAction climateandhealthalliance.org/resource/the...

climateandhealthalliance.orgThe Limits of Livability – The emerging threat of smoke impacts on health from forest fires and climate change - The Global Climate and Health AllianceReport including case studies from Australia, Brazil and Canada on the increasing health impacts on people of wildfires.
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⚡ Our new report "Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Global Public Health: A Reinforcing Cycle of Harm" is out. 👉 It presents current evidence on the relationship between climate change and armed conflict, and its implications for global public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/resources/re...

climateandhealthalliance.orgReport: Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Global Public Health: A Reinforcing Cycle of HarmThis report presents the current evidence on the intersecting nature of climate change and armed conflict, and its implications for global public health.