Forget polar bears – how climate change will impact on your health

A new report was released today into the impact of climate change on our health. Called The Critical Decade – the report is backed by such groups as the Australian Medical Association, the Nurses Federation, and the National Rural Health Alliance to name a few.

The Wire takes an in-depth look at why this is the critical decade and how climate change will impact on our health, particularly in rural and remote Australia.

 

Producers:

• Catherine Zengerer

Speakers:

• AMA President Steve Hambleton
• Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance
• Lesley Barclay
• New South Wales GP Dr Ben Ticehurst