Coalition inaction on climate change and health is risking Australian lives, global report finds

Urgent national action is needed to prevent serious declines in public health from climate change, the multi-institutional Countdown study says

The federal government's lack of engagement on health and climate change has left Australians at significant risk of illness through heat, fire and extreme weather events, and urgent national action is required to prevent harm and deaths, a global scientific collaboration has found.

On Thursday, international medical journal the Lancet published its Countdown report, a multi-institutional project led by University College in London that examines progress on climate change and health throughout the world.