Adolescent key challenges in focus: Poor mental health, rising obesity, exposure to violence, and climate change are among the key challenges facing adolescents, according to a global report. The landmark report, by experts in adolescent health including from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), has revealed how supporting young people’s health and wellbeing could improve economic, […]
Climate change may be delaying births – New Curtin University research has found exposure to outdoor air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of prolonged pregnancy, offering new insights into the impact of climate change on maternal health. The study analysed data from nearly 400,000 births in Western Australia and found […]
Meat free Veganuary momentum fades as participants struggle to maintain meat-free options beyond January: ‘Veganuary’ has raised awareness of the impact of the food system on climate change but those who take part question their ability to continue a meat-free dietary pattern throughout the rest of the year, new research has found. Academics at the […]
Gen Z’s climate anxiety is real and needs action — for everyone’s wellbeing: New Curtin University research has shown Australian young people have major concerns about climate change, which is having a significant impact on their lives and could have broader consequences decades into the future. Published in Sustainable Earth Reviews, the study surveyed Australian […]
Climate Change’s Impact on Babies’ Birthweight for gestational age: Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians’ reproductive health with a new, large-scale Curtin University study revealing a possible link between extreme bioclimatic exposure during pregnancy and babies’ birthweights for gestational age. Researchers from the Curtin School of Population Health examined more than 385,000 […]
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Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children: Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai. According […]
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Launched on 25th Otober, two reports outlining both the pathways through which nutrition and climate are connected and the current state of action on addressing these two issues. The reports will be launched at a side event co-hosted with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Global Alliance for Improved […]
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A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time. The research, published today in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Bristol, presents the first-ever supercomputer climate models of the distant future and […]
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Weighing up risk: home insurance in a changing climate: A UNSW Sydney scientist explains some of the psychological processes that influence our decision making around home insurance and climate change. The world is rapidly changing in the face of global warming. While climate risk was once seen as a problem that existed in the physical […]
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The University of Glasgow – in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) – has been awarded a £1.25m grant aimed at improving our understanding of how climate change could increase the risk of mosquito-borne disease in Scotland, and enhance our preparedness. The three-year programme, funded […]
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