News The college has joined other major medical colleges and organisations in raising the alarm over the current and growing impact of climate change. The RACGP believes it is important for GPs to understand the causes, health risks and consequences of climate change. The formal recognition that climate change is a health emergency comes after the RACGP earlier this year put out a position statement recognising climate change as a ‘key public health issue’ and outlining many climate-health risks. The RACGP believes it is important for GPs to understand the causes, health risks and consequences of climate change, as well as mitigation and adaption measures at individual and population levels. It has vowed to advocate for policies protecting human health from climate-change risks at all levels of government. Dr Lara Roeske, Chair of RACGP Specific Interests, told newsGP she is pleased at the announcement. ‘There is a substantive and […]