Monash Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program

• What's new
• Overview
• Projects
• Publications and resources
• Contact

What's new

• Air pollution from coal seam gas may put public health at risk by Dr Marion Carey
• Monash Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program Brochure

Overview

The Monash Sustainability Institute's Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program is a cross-disciplinary program that is unique in Australia. Led by the Monash Sustainability Institute's Dr Marion Carey, an environmental health physician, the program draws together expertise from across Monash University in partnership with national health and environmental experts to research climate change health impacts.

The program also looks at the value of natural ecosystems and their importance for human health. The program promotes a greater understanding of the human health consequences of global environmental change, through research, partnership with policymakers, and engagement with the general public. It takes a uniquely Australian focus to global problems.

The program was initiated with funding from The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and Monash University, with support from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and the Environment.

Projects

• Climate Change Vulnerability
• Water Security, Health and Wellbeing
• Adapting to the Health Impacts of Heat
• Biodiversity and Human Health

Program publications & resources

• Air pollution from coal seam gas may put public health at risk, The Conversation
• Rethinking climate change action, WME Magazine
• Monash Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program Brochure
• Why is climate change a risk to our health?
• Cities under stress - urban life and extreme weather, Australian Science Media Centre News briefing
• Behind the Seams: who's asking questions about coal seam gas and health?
• Coal Seam Gas: future bonanza or toxic legacy?
• Reframing climate change could deliver health benefits
• Communicating health and climate change, Australian Science Communicators panel discussion
• Biodiversity and human health
• Hidden costs of the coal seam gas mining rush
• Submission to the Inquiry into Australia's biodiversity in a changing climate
• Air quality and chronic disease: why action on climate change is also good for health

Contact

For further information about this programs, contact Dr Marion Carey, Program Leader, Monash Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program.