2019 Federal Election – the climate election. This federal election health professionals and others working in the sector have the opportunity to influence candidates on the issue of climate change, health and well-being. We invite all our supporters to contact their local candidates and either email or visit them to let them know that climate change is and will affect Australians health and that, conversely, climate action is a win for both people’s health and in reducing the economic burden of ill-health associated with climate change.
Saturday’s election may be Australia’s last chance to start taking action on climate change to have any chance of avoiding an environmental and human catastrophe. In these final hours, ahead of this pivotal climate election, the Climate and Health Alliance has released a short film, ‘Our Health – and the Climate Election’ with a message from health and medical leaders to the people of Australia as they prepare to vote this Saturday. The film features: Nobel Laureate for Medicine, Professor Peter Doherty; Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Annie Butler; and Chief Executive of cohealth, Lyn Morgain.
The message is: Climate change constitutes a health emergency. We are running out of time to take effective action on climate change. The prescription from the health and medical community is, this election, vote for a candidate, and a political party, that is committed to climate action. The film is available via Facebook and YouTube. Please, vote wisely, for this and future generations. Our health depends on it.