The Global Climate And Health Alliance
@gchalliance.bsky.social
Global coalition of #health organisations tackling #climatechange to protect and promote public health. We mobilise the global health community and accelerates climate action to improve health for all. #ClimateAction is #Health action.
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New report links fossil fuels to health harms from birth to old age
A report that compiles over 600 scientific citations shows that fossil fuels' health harms start before birth and extend in time
www.climatechangenews.com
Out today #Cradle2Grave “The flagship report with 600+ scientific citations, case studies from around world & testimonials from communities & health pros"
“We wanted to show the scale of the problem"- @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/16/p... - @marielozada.bsky.social
“We wanted to show the scale of the problem"- @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/16/p... - @marielozada.bsky.social
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If you’re a health professional (or anyone else) concerned about the pernicious harms of fossil fuels & climate change on the health of human health and wellbeing, I encourage you to follow @gchalliance.bsky.social—the little NGO that could.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you’re a health professional (or anyone else) concerned about the pernicious harms of fossil fuels & climate change on the health of human health and wellbeing, I encourage you to follow @gchalliance.bsky.social—the little NGO that could.
@courtghoward.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Here is the full recording of our recent #COP30 debrief.
💚 Thank you to the amazing speakers and to those who registered, your support means a lot to us.
Wishing everyone a good end of the year break and looking forward to seeing you in 2026!
🔗 Full recording: lnkd.in/eBSQJV8r
💚 Thank you to the amazing speakers and to those who registered, your support means a lot to us.
Wishing everyone a good end of the year break and looking forward to seeing you in 2026!
🔗 Full recording: lnkd.in/eBSQJV8r
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Here is the full recording of our recent #COP30 debrief.
💚 Thank you to the amazing speakers and to those who registered, your support means a lot to us.
Wishing everyone a good end of the year break and looking forward to seeing you in 2026!
🔗 Full recording: lnkd.in/eBSQJV8r
💚 Thank you to the amazing speakers and to those who registered, your support means a lot to us.
Wishing everyone a good end of the year break and looking forward to seeing you in 2026!
🔗 Full recording: lnkd.in/eBSQJV8r
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Climate/Health adaptation indicators expert John Balbus, MD examines the package of indicators adopted at COP30 in Brazil. Sadly, he concluded the package was broken with much assembly required.
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Health Indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation Have Been Adopted
Let's inspect the package!
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Climate/Health adaptation indicators expert John Balbus, MD examines the package of indicators adopted at COP30 in Brazil. Sadly, he concluded the package was broken with much assembly required.
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
“Deaths related to air pollution are not being counted… there are no systematic mechanisms to do so,” denounced @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social
gulfnews.com/world/asia/i...
gulfnews.com/world/asia/i...
Toxic air crisis hits Delhi as visibility collapses across north India
Courts advise virtual hearings as travel thrown into chaos
gulfnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“Deaths related to air pollution are not being counted… there are no systematic mechanisms to do so,” denounced @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social
gulfnews.com/world/asia/i...
gulfnews.com/world/asia/i...
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Spectacular! NYC’s congestion pricing program reduced health-harming air pollution by more than 20% inside the affected zone. That is a huge benefit to everyone who lives or works in the zone.
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@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@nyclimate.bsky.social
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A first look into congestion pricing in the United States: PM2.5 impacts after six months of New York City cordon pricing - npj Clean Air
npj Clean Air - A first look into congestion pricing in the United States: PM2.5 impacts after six months of New York City cordon pricing
www.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Spectacular! NYC’s congestion pricing program reduced health-harming air pollution by more than 20% inside the affected zone. That is a huge benefit to everyone who lives or works in the zone.
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@nyclimate.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@nyclimate.bsky.social
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Environmental determinants of health, like climate change impacts, interact with social determinants of health, like access to housing and healthcare. An insightful new article reviews how this influences the health of newborns. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Integrating climate vulnerability as a social determinant of health: Screening, counseling, and promoting resilience for pregnant people, neonates and families
Climate change threatens human health, particularly vulnerable populations like pregnant individuals, children, and infants. This article examines the…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Environmental determinants of health, like climate change impacts, interact with social determinants of health, like access to housing and healthcare. An insightful new article reviews how this influences the health of newborns. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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@who.int
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@who.int
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Deadly heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years after net zero #Climate
Deadly heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years after net zero | Climate & Capitalism
Study shows that the hotter climate regime will last centuries…
climateandcapitalism.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Deadly heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years after net zero #Climate
#COP30 Debrief: GCHA warmly invites members of the climate and health community to join us.
Translation: Spanish, French, and Portuguese interpretation will be provided.
Date: Thursday, Dec 4th 2025
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm GMT
Registration Link: lnkd.in/eADBXWJx
Translation: Spanish, French, and Portuguese interpretation will be provided.
Date: Thursday, Dec 4th 2025
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm GMT
Registration Link: lnkd.in/eADBXWJx
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#COP30 Debrief: GCHA warmly invites members of the climate and health community to join us.
Translation: Spanish, French, and Portuguese interpretation will be provided.
Date: Thursday, Dec 4th 2025
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm GMT
Registration Link: lnkd.in/eADBXWJx
Translation: Spanish, French, and Portuguese interpretation will be provided.
Date: Thursday, Dec 4th 2025
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm GMT
Registration Link: lnkd.in/eADBXWJx
"Climate action is not only about reducing carbon. It's about preserving every heartbeat on this planet"- write Ruchi & Shamsuddoha. "That's why health shouldn't be just in footnote in COP decisions."- said @jessbeagley.bsky.social www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-e...
The blueprint for a healthy climate future
As world leaders gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30), a major shift in global climate policy is unfolding, placing health at the heart of climate actio...
www.dhakatribune.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Climate action is not only about reducing carbon. It's about preserving every heartbeat on this planet"- write Ruchi & Shamsuddoha. "That's why health shouldn't be just in footnote in COP decisions."- said @jessbeagley.bsky.social www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-e...
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😷Health gained rare visibility at #Cop30: the final text acknowledged the public-health benefits of climate action for the first time.
But the Belém Health Action Plan gained limited support — & zero government funding.
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📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
But the Belém Health Action Plan gained limited support — & zero government funding.
@cleanairfund.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @350.org @ciel.org
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
COP30 Ends With No Text On Fossil Fuels Phase-Out - But Plans For A Conference In 2026 - Health Policy Watch
The combined pressures of those alliances failed to move the powerful bloc of the world's major oil-producing nations, led by Saudi Arabia, Russia and their
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
😷Health gained rare visibility at #Cop30: the final text acknowledged the public-health benefits of climate action for the first time.
But the Belém Health Action Plan gained limited support — & zero government funding.
@cleanairfund.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @350.org @ciel.org
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
But the Belém Health Action Plan gained limited support — & zero government funding.
@cleanairfund.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @350.org @ciel.org
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#COP30 on #climatefinance #adaptation: “Pushing out the delivery date from 2030 - as requested by developing countries - to 2035 means many more people will suffer, many more people will die.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/cop30-ends-w... by @stefananderson.bsky.social
COP30 Ends With Plans To Make More Plans, No Mention Of Fossil Fuel Phase-out - Health Policy Watch
The combined pressures of those alliances failed to move the powerful bloc of the world's major oil-producing nations, led by Saudi Arabia, Russia and their
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#COP30 on #climatefinance #adaptation: “Pushing out the delivery date from 2030 - as requested by developing countries - to 2035 means many more people will suffer, many more people will die.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/cop30-ends-w... by @stefananderson.bsky.social
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#COP30 Delivers Incremental Climate Action, But Lack of Implementation Support Jeopardises Health climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas...
COP30 Delivers Incremental Climate Action, But Lack of Implementation Support Jeopardises Health
As the COP 30 climate summit closed today, the Global Climate and Health Alliance bemoaned governments’ failure to deliver a genuinely transformative COP, including the lack of agreed progress on the ...
climateandhealthalliance.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#COP30 Delivers Incremental Climate Action, But Lack of Implementation Support Jeopardises Health climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas...
🛑 #COP30 leaked letter to @cop30brazil.bsky.social:
“We cannot support an outcome that doesn't include roadmap for implementing just, orderly & equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, science & people who are watching our work closely”
“We cannot support an outcome that doesn't include roadmap for implementing just, orderly & equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, science & people who are watching our work closely”
"France said Friday that Russia, Saudi Arabia and India, along with many emerging economies, were the main obstacles to a #Cop30 deal on phasing out fossil fuels"
Live blog
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www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Live blog
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www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: standoff over inclusion of fossil fuel phaseout in final text escalates
Following a dramatic fire yesterday, the climate summit is due to finish this evening, but disagreements over the final text look difficult to resolve
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🛑 #COP30 leaked letter to @cop30brazil.bsky.social:
“We cannot support an outcome that doesn't include roadmap for implementing just, orderly & equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, science & people who are watching our work closely”
“We cannot support an outcome that doesn't include roadmap for implementing just, orderly & equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, science & people who are watching our work closely”
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“Canada likes to pretend it values natural spaces and clean air and upstanding behaviour. But it seems when the money hits the road, the government seems to only care about the stock values of its oil and gas companies.”
#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Canada likes to pretend it values natural spaces and clean air and upstanding behaviour. But it seems when the money hits the road, the government seems to only care about the stock values of its oil and gas companies.”
#COP30 What if the key to global climate progress isn’t more promises, but real delivery?
👉Details in this intv: with GCHA @jessbeagley.bsky.social & Axel Eriksson from the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory on Climate Change: youtube.com/post/Ugkx96p...
👉Details in this intv: with GCHA @jessbeagley.bsky.social & Axel Eriksson from the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory on Climate Change: youtube.com/post/Ugkx96p...
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#COP30 What if the key to global climate progress isn’t more promises, but real delivery?
👉Details in this intv: with GCHA @jessbeagley.bsky.social & Axel Eriksson from the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory on Climate Change: youtube.com/post/Ugkx96p...
👉Details in this intv: with GCHA @jessbeagley.bsky.social & Axel Eriksson from the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory on Climate Change: youtube.com/post/Ugkx96p...
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COP30 : la France et une trentaine d’autres pays annoncent qu’ils ne signeront pas d’accord n’incluant pas une « feuille de route » pour la sortie des énergies fossiles
COP30 : la France et une trentaine d’autres pays annoncent qu’ils ne signeront pas d’accord n’incluant pas une « feuille de route » pour la sortie des énergies fossiles
« Sous sa forme actuelle, la proposition ne remplit pas les conditions minimales pour un résultat crédible à cette COP », ont écrit, jeudi, ces pays dans une lettre à la présidence de la conférence pour le climat, à la veille de la fin du sommet.
www.lemonde.fr
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
COP30 : la France et une trentaine d’autres pays annoncent qu’ils ne signeront pas d’accord n’incluant pas une « feuille de route » pour la sortie des énergies fossiles
#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate conference
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#Canada Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social U-turn on climate has been noticed and denounced at #COP30.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
✍️ by @jvipondmd.bsky.social
"The call to end fossil fuels isn’t solely coming from environmentalists, and has been described as a “public health imperative” by physicians, nurses and health and medical students representing millions of workers worldwide" www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... by Liam Gilliver
Fossil fuel phaseout: Will COP30 finally establish a roadmap?
Establishing a timeline to transition away from fossil fuels is COP30’s trickiest agenda.
www.euronews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"The call to end fossil fuels isn’t solely coming from environmentalists, and has been described as a “public health imperative” by physicians, nurses and health and medical students representing millions of workers worldwide" www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... by Liam Gilliver
👏 An important step forwards on sectoral action on black carbon, as part of the broader #superpollutants movement. This announcement provides a high-level policy signal in favour of integrated action on climate change and #airpollution.
Yesterday at #COP30, 9 countries announced how they'll tackle black carbon 🌎
Our Head of Super Pollutants, Tom Grylls, breaks down the announcement's significance for global climate action 🗣️🔽
https://bit.ly/3LNSn0j
#SuperPollutantSolutions | @slycantrust.bsky.social | @ccacoalition.bsky.social
Our Head of Super Pollutants, Tom Grylls, breaks down the announcement's significance for global climate action 🗣️🔽
https://bit.ly/3LNSn0j
#SuperPollutantSolutions | @slycantrust.bsky.social | @ccacoalition.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
👏 An important step forwards on sectoral action on black carbon, as part of the broader #superpollutants movement. This announcement provides a high-level policy signal in favour of integrated action on climate change and #airpollution.
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“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.”
—Stalin (?)
New research by @rhg.com finds Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3 million more deaths globally—from extreme heat only.
The full health toll of America’s Fossil Fuel First agenda remains uncounted.
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—Stalin (?)
New research by @rhg.com finds Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3 million more deaths globally—from extreme heat only.
The full health toll of America’s Fossil Fuel First agenda remains uncounted.
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.”
—Stalin (?)
New research by @rhg.com finds Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3 million more deaths globally—from extreme heat only.
The full health toll of America’s Fossil Fuel First agenda remains uncounted.
1/2
—Stalin (?)
New research by @rhg.com finds Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3 million more deaths globally—from extreme heat only.
The full health toll of America’s Fossil Fuel First agenda remains uncounted.
1/2
We welcome Mexico’s landmark climate commitment.
➕💚 Its endorsement of the Latin America & Caribbean Common Position on Climate & Health strengthens a united regional voice calling for urgent climate action rooted in equity, rights & public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...
➕💚 Its endorsement of the Latin America & Caribbean Common Position on Climate & Health strengthens a united regional voice calling for urgent climate action rooted in equity, rights & public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...
COP30: Health Community Welcomes Mexico's Landmark Climate Commitments
The Global Climate and Health Alliance today welcomed Mexico’s publication of its climate commitments - its Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 (NDC), and its signing of the Common Position of Lati...
climateandhealthalliance.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We welcome Mexico’s landmark climate commitment.
➕💚 Its endorsement of the Latin America & Caribbean Common Position on Climate & Health strengthens a united regional voice calling for urgent climate action rooted in equity, rights & public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...
➕💚 Its endorsement of the Latin America & Caribbean Common Position on Climate & Health strengthens a united regional voice calling for urgent climate action rooted in equity, rights & public health. climateandhealthalliance.org/uncategorize...
As #COP30 nears end & with 80+ countries supporting a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, here is a brief summary on how health organisations & health workers have persistently advocated for urgent global phase out & #justtransition
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How the global health community has been a leader in calling for an accelerated, just and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels.
As we approach the end of #COP30, more than 80 countries spanning Europe, the Pacific islands, Latin America and Africa, coming together in a “#Mutirão” (get together), have signaled their support for...
www.linkedin.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As #COP30 nears end & with 80+ countries supporting a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, here is a brief summary on how health organisations & health workers have persistently advocated for urgent global phase out & #justtransition
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-gl...
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-gl...
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"80➕ countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at #Cop30." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"80➕ countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at #Cop30." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
"80➕ countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at #Cop30." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"80➕ countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at #Cop30." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
✍️ by @fionaharvey.bsky.social & @jonathan-watts.bsky.social