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UK | Newcastle hospitals declare climate emergency
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a GGHH member, is joining an international movement to declare a climate emergency, becoming the first NHS trust in the UK to do so.
WHO and Health Care Without Harm Launch Two New Reports to Help Address Climate Change Impacts in the Maldives Health Care Sector
The Maldives Ministry of Health is developing green climate-smart policies for his country’s hospitals based on two reports co-produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Care Without Harm.
South Africa | Environmental groups take government to court over right to clean air
groundWork, HCWH strategic partner in South Africa, and Mpumalanga community organization Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action (Vukani) launched landmark litigation demanding that government clean up the air in the Mpumalanga Highveld...
Climate and Health Takes Center Stage at World Health Assembly
The 72nd World Health Assembly that took place 20-28 May in Geneva, Switzerland was a monumental one for climate and health and climate-smart health care. These issues took center stage as the WHO and ministers of health from around the world...
Australia | The Climate Election
The Climate and Health Alliance, HCWH Strategic Partner in Australia, is leading efforts with organizations around Australia to ensure climate change and health is a key issue in their upcoming federal election.
