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You’re invited to iDEA23 conference on climate and health

Doctors for the Environment Australia 2 mins read


iDEA23, Surviving and Thriving

University of Queensland, St Lucia campus, Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 July

Both in-person and online registrations are available

 

We’re incredibly excited about DEA ‘s annual major event on climate change and health, and we’re providing a complimentary ticket for you to come and join us.

Key topics and leading experts include:

  • Healthcare sustainability: David Walker on electrifying health services; Dr Ben Dunne on embedding sustainability in hospitals and health services; Dr Richard Yin on sustainable general practice as a platform for advocacy; and Trevor Berrill on transforming the way GPs get and use energy

  • Ethics and justice: Elise West on war and warming; Dr Michelle Maloney on rethinking our legal, political, economic and governance systems

  • Ecology: Dr Dimity Williams on nature prescriptions; Prof Richard Fuller on biodiversity, health and connection to nature; Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg on will the Great Barrier Reef survive and thrive under extreme climate change; Prof Susanne Schmidt  on healthy landscapes, native plants and people

  • Personal and community solutions: Dr Moira Williams on building people power to tackle the climate crisis; Dr Nina Lansbury on protecting health in a changing climate- from the IPCC ivory tower to on-ground in a remote community; Prof Matthew Hornsey on a toolkit for understanding and addressing climate inaction

  • Environment and society: Joanna Zhou on breakthroughs in climate law and policy – why we should remain optimistic about the future; Dr Anya (Anna) Phelan on circular ecosystem innovation and remote communities; Prof John Quiggin on climate change, despair and mental health and what can behavioural economics tell us.

We hope you can join us!

For more information, visit: https://dea.org.au/idea23/

For your complimentary ticket to iDEA23, please contact DEA's Media and Communications Lead

 [email protected] or 0410 703 074

 

 


About us:

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is a not-for-profit, independent organisation of medical professionals. The devastating impacts of climate change on human health and the solutions needed to address this grave threat are a major focus of our work.

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