Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health 

Air pollution is already a significant health problem in Australia, and on current trends will worsen in the future. The estimated financial cost of premature deaths due to air pollution ranges from roughly $11 billion to $24 billion per year.

Many factors contributing to poor air quality are likely to increase in the future. Energy use is projected to increase. If this comes from burning fossil fuels, it will cause an increase in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. According to the current emissions-growth trajectory, Australia will not meet its emissions reduction targets for 2030, committed to as part of the global Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015.

 

 

 

 

Publications

Featured
Climate Change and Health: Impacts on Remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia
How Might Climate Change Affect Island Culture in the in the Torres Strait?
Culture and Climate Change: Impacts for Indigenous Australians
Climate change impacts in the Torres Strait, Australia
Could litigation help Torres Strait Islanders deal with climate impacts?
Disproportionate burdens: The multidimensional impacts of climate change on the health of Indigenous Australians
An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia
Indigenous Australians’ knowledge of weather and climate
Indigenous knowledge of a changing climate
What legal recourse do non-state Islands have to obtain resources to adapt to climate change?.
Bridging the gap between theory and practice in climate change vulnerability assessments for remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia
How to make climate change research relevant for Indigenous communities in Torres Strait, Australia
The co-benefits of carbon management on country
Living on climate-changed country: Indigenous health, well-being and climate change in remote Australian communities
Temperature and Humidity Effects on Hospital Morbidity in Darwin, Australia
Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory.
The spatial distribution of extreme climate events, another climate inequity for the world’s most vulnerable people.
Greater increases in temperature extremes in low versus high income countries
Evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation options on heat stress for Sydney, Australia
The representation of health-relevant heatwave characteristics in a Regional Climate Model ensemble for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Advancing Australia's role in climate change and health research
Opal Waters, Rising Seas: How Sociocultural Inequality Reduces Resilience to Climate Change among Indigenous Australians
Climate Change, Health and Well-being in Indigenous Australia
Compound injustice: the impacts of climate finance on Kiribati.
Screw Light Bulbs: Smarter Solutions to Tackling Climate Change