Health and climate change in Australia, an editorial 2023

Editorial article in the Lancet providing statements/ references for:
– 70% of total annual deaths in the world are estimated to be due to climate sensitive diseases
– climate is the biggest health threat facing humanity
– Australia is on the frontline of of the climate change catastrophe
• Australia and its citizens lead all other regions of the world in per capita greenhouse gas emissions from our energy sector, with, on average, each of us contributing significantly to the changing climate and the death and disease it is causing.
• Australia’s health care sector has the eleventh highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world.