Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱
@drhumki.bsky.social
Public Health Medical Consultant & Climate Lead at SA Health | EM Physician | Board Member - Doctors for the Environment Australia | Harvard C-Change Climate Change and Health Fellow 22-23
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Future Health Podcast | S6E2: Change Makers: Climate action for future health and our workforce
YouTube video by NSW Health
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Thanks to NSW Health and Dr Louise Messara for hosting me on the Future Health podcast, and giving us the chance to delve into the complex relationship between climate change and health systems. Climate solutions are health systems solutions!
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WOW THIS IS HUGE
Unanimously:
State parties an obligation to follow through and cooperate in good faith on env. treaties.
Not legally binding at the country level but will set legal precidence nationally including these 3 cases in Canada:
Rose et al (FED)
Mathur et al (ON)
Saskpower (SK)
Unanimously:
State parties an obligation to follow through and cooperate in good faith on env. treaties.
Not legally binding at the country level but will set legal precidence nationally including these 3 cases in Canada:
Rose et al (FED)
Mathur et al (ON)
Saskpower (SK)
Big decision NOW at the Hague at the United Nations International Court of Justice Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change at the Peace Palace, the seat of the Court. Session held under Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court. Watch the ruling live now.
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.
webtv.un.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
WOW THIS IS HUGE
Unanimously:
State parties an obligation to follow through and cooperate in good faith on env. treaties.
Not legally binding at the country level but will set legal precidence nationally including these 3 cases in Canada:
Rose et al (FED)
Mathur et al (ON)
Saskpower (SK)
Unanimously:
State parties an obligation to follow through and cooperate in good faith on env. treaties.
Not legally binding at the country level but will set legal precidence nationally including these 3 cases in Canada:
Rose et al (FED)
Mathur et al (ON)
Saskpower (SK)
The world’s top court just made it clear:
- A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right.
-Climate change is a threat to human survival.
- Governments have legal obligations to act.
This changes the conversation.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
- A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right.
-Climate change is a threat to human survival.
- Governments have legal obligations to act.
This changes the conversation.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
Climate Change an 'Existential Threat', Says World's Top Court
“The consequences of climate change...underscore the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change,” said ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa .
earth.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The world’s top court just made it clear:
- A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right.
-Climate change is a threat to human survival.
- Governments have legal obligations to act.
This changes the conversation.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
- A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right.
-Climate change is a threat to human survival.
- Governments have legal obligations to act.
This changes the conversation.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
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Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’
Inquiry to look into water quality, tourism, ecosystem health, Indigenous communities, fishing, and responses of state and federal governments
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Parliament is back & it's time to put Health + Climate at the top of the agenda.
Come to our forum this Sept where we will explore how health is impacted by climate change, energy production, economic policy & our planet's health.
Early bird tickets with code: FRIEND www.dea.org.au/healthandcli...
Come to our forum this Sept where we will explore how health is impacted by climate change, energy production, economic policy & our planet's health.
Early bird tickets with code: FRIEND www.dea.org.au/healthandcli...
July 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Parliament is back & it's time to put Health + Climate at the top of the agenda.
Come to our forum this Sept where we will explore how health is impacted by climate change, energy production, economic policy & our planet's health.
Early bird tickets with code: FRIEND www.dea.org.au/healthandcli...
Come to our forum this Sept where we will explore how health is impacted by climate change, energy production, economic policy & our planet's health.
Early bird tickets with code: FRIEND www.dea.org.au/healthandcli...
📊🌱 These charts from today’s SA Industry Climate Change Conference show real progress — emissions down, a more resilient future in reach.
But let’s aim higher: not just growth — a safe climate, healthy communities, and a just future.
#climatehealth #SustainableFutures #JustTransition #ICCC2025
But let’s aim higher: not just growth — a safe climate, healthy communities, and a just future.
#climatehealth #SustainableFutures #JustTransition #ICCC2025
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
📊🌱 These charts from today’s SA Industry Climate Change Conference show real progress — emissions down, a more resilient future in reach.
But let’s aim higher: not just growth — a safe climate, healthy communities, and a just future.
#climatehealth #SustainableFutures #JustTransition #ICCC2025
But let’s aim higher: not just growth — a safe climate, healthy communities, and a just future.
#climatehealth #SustainableFutures #JustTransition #ICCC2025
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May 3rd is #WorldPressFreedomDay! Freedom of expression, including media freedom, is a human right. #WPFD2025
May 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
May 3rd is #WorldPressFreedomDay! Freedom of expression, including media freedom, is a human right. #WPFD2025
Happy democracy sausage day! 🌭
Voting is more than a civic duty — it’s an act of determined hope. A chance to shape a healthier, fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.
I'm casting my vote with that hope firmly in mind.
#ElectionDay #VoteWithValues #StrongerTogether
Voting is more than a civic duty — it’s an act of determined hope. A chance to shape a healthier, fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.
I'm casting my vote with that hope firmly in mind.
#ElectionDay #VoteWithValues #StrongerTogether
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy democracy sausage day! 🌭
Voting is more than a civic duty — it’s an act of determined hope. A chance to shape a healthier, fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.
I'm casting my vote with that hope firmly in mind.
#ElectionDay #VoteWithValues #StrongerTogether
Voting is more than a civic duty — it’s an act of determined hope. A chance to shape a healthier, fairer, more sustainable future for everyone.
I'm casting my vote with that hope firmly in mind.
#ElectionDay #VoteWithValues #StrongerTogether
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I've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth.
A billionaire-funded space flight has nothing to do with women’s empowerment
I've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth.
www.abc.net.au
April 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth.
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Remote Australia is ripe for renewable energy. But what do First Nations people think?
www.croakey.org/remote-austr...
New research from the HEAL Network
www.croakey.org/remote-austr...
New research from the HEAL Network
Remote Australia is ripe for renewable energy. But what do First Nations people think?
Introduction by Croakey: Appropriate engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia is critical to identify
www.croakey.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remote Australia is ripe for renewable energy. But what do First Nations people think?
www.croakey.org/remote-austr...
New research from the HEAL Network
www.croakey.org/remote-austr...
New research from the HEAL Network
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I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
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“It is important to show to the world that sustainable practices can drive economic growth,” said Lídia Bulcão, Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs of Portugal, the opening of the 5th United Nations Ocean Forum this week in Geneva.
Join us in Geneva & online ▶️ ow.ly/caTi50V2CWu
Join us in Geneva & online ▶️ ow.ly/caTi50V2CWu
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“It is important to show to the world that sustainable practices can drive economic growth,” said Lídia Bulcão, Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs of Portugal, the opening of the 5th United Nations Ocean Forum this week in Geneva.
Join us in Geneva & online ▶️ ow.ly/caTi50V2CWu
Join us in Geneva & online ▶️ ow.ly/caTi50V2CWu
🌍✨ Exciting News! ✨🌍
Honoured to represent @docsenvaus.bsky.social on the @who.int #ATACH Steering Group!
ATACH drives climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems for all countries through support, knowledge sharing, and partnerships.
Proud to help shape a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱🩺🌏
Honoured to represent @docsenvaus.bsky.social on the @who.int #ATACH Steering Group!
ATACH drives climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems for all countries through support, knowledge sharing, and partnerships.
Proud to help shape a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱🩺🌏
February 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🌍✨ Exciting News! ✨🌍
Honoured to represent @docsenvaus.bsky.social on the @who.int #ATACH Steering Group!
ATACH drives climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems for all countries through support, knowledge sharing, and partnerships.
Proud to help shape a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱🩺🌏
Honoured to represent @docsenvaus.bsky.social on the @who.int #ATACH Steering Group!
ATACH drives climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems for all countries through support, knowledge sharing, and partnerships.
Proud to help shape a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱🩺🌏
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In 2022 Anna Hancock was on a panel at the UN climate conference with carbon offset developers & carbon offset lobby essentially pondering whether there such a thing as *too much* integrity in carbon offsets. Reassuring that this view is being brought to government regulation.
#auspol #climate
#auspol #climate
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India.
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India.
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods https://www.croakey.org/a-call-to-preserve-access-to-cultural-foods-as-gentrification-transforms-neighbourhoods #publichealth
A call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods
www.croakey.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods https://www.croakey.org/a-call-to-preserve-access-to-cultural-foods-as-gentrification-transforms-neighbourhoods #publichealth
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Yo-Yo Ma "Performing Hope" in Davos today.
"The world must avoid a requiem for the world’s glaciers due to escalating climate change, and instead use the window of hope which still exists and make rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions."
"The world must avoid a requiem for the world’s glaciers due to escalating climate change, and instead use the window of hope which still exists and make rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions."
January 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yo-Yo Ma "Performing Hope" in Davos today.
"The world must avoid a requiem for the world’s glaciers due to escalating climate change, and instead use the window of hope which still exists and make rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions."
"The world must avoid a requiem for the world’s glaciers due to escalating climate change, and instead use the window of hope which still exists and make rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions."
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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New paper!
Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 25, 2024 at 4:01 PM
New paper!
Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"We Can Choose the Ending to This Disaster Movie"
On the issue of our climate, "the Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre," writes @davidsirota.com, co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', for Zeteo. "It’s our decision."
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On the issue of our climate, "the Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre," writes @davidsirota.com, co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', for Zeteo. "It’s our decision."
Read/share/subscribe:
We Can Choose the Ending to This Disaster Movie
The Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre. It’s our decision.
zeteo.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We Can Choose the Ending to This Disaster Movie"
On the issue of our climate, "the Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre," writes @davidsirota.com, co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', for Zeteo. "It’s our decision."
Read/share/subscribe:
On the issue of our climate, "the Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre," writes @davidsirota.com, co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', for Zeteo. "It’s our decision."
Read/share/subscribe:
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Everyone needs to know that these fires were made possible by global heating, which is caused by the fossil fuel industry, which has lied and blocked action for half a century. And that this will all get much, much, much worse until we end the fossil fuel industry
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Everyone needs to know that these fires were made possible by global heating, which is caused by the fossil fuel industry, which has lied and blocked action for half a century. And that this will all get much, much, much worse until we end the fossil fuel industry
Remember that this is all happening in California in WINTER.
There couldn’t be a louder alarm for what we are doing to our planet.
There couldn’t be a louder alarm for what we are doing to our planet.
Los Angeles Wildfires Live Updates: News on Kenneth, Eaton and Palisades Fires
The Kenneth fire exploded in a few hours. The Palisades and Eaton fires each appeared to have destroyed some 5,000 or more structures, officials said, which would put them both among the five most des...
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Remember that this is all happening in California in WINTER.
There couldn’t be a louder alarm for what we are doing to our planet.
There couldn’t be a louder alarm for what we are doing to our planet.
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Climate change is one of the forces driving California’s wildfires, say government scientists.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Climate change: What role is it playing in the California fires
Experts say that rising global temperatures are making wild fires more likely in California.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Climate change is one of the forces driving California’s wildfires, say government scientists.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.