Making climate change a national health priority: Australia's first National Health and Climate Strategy

Georgia Behrens¹, Madeleine Skellern^{1

2}, Alice McGushin^{1

3}, Paul Kelly^{1

4}, The Hon Ged Kearney¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, ACT.
² University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁴ Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

Georgia Behrens et al. Med J Aust. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 3;222(2):63-65.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.52552. Epub 2024 Dec 15.

Georgia Behrens¹, Madeleine Skellern^{1

2}, Alice McGushin^{1

3}, Paul Kelly^{1

4}, The Hon Ged Kearney¹

¹ Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, ACT.
² University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
⁴ Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

No abstract available

Keywords: Climate change; Environment; Health policy.

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