Australian Health Professionals' Statement on Climate Change and Health

The Australian Government's contemptuous dismissal of the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including the panel's recommendation to dramatically reduce coal power by 2050, is unacceptable. As Australian health professionals and scientists, we are dismayed by the implications of our government's ongoing stance to disregard the consensus of the world's leading climate scientists, the precautionary principle, and any idea of duty of care regarding the future wellbeing of Australians and our immediate neighbours.