MJA-Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change

Climate change is a defining public health challenge for our generation and beyond. Find out how Australia has progressed on this issue in 2022 and the action needed to prevent further risks to human health at our free launch event.

Hear from our speakers and be involved in our panel discussion at the Australian launch of the Lancet Countdown* - a comprehensive assessment of climate change and human health.

The panel discussion will conclude at 6:30 pm, and we invite you to stay on to enjoy canapes while networking with colleagues and friends.

*The Lancet Countdown works to ensure that health is at the centre of how governments understand and respond to climate change. Their work ranges from ensuring policymakers access high-quality, evidence-based guidance to providing the health profession with the tools they need to improve public health.

Speakers

Professor Hilary Bambrick

Hilary Bambrick

Hilary is Director of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University in Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra). She is an environmental epidemiologist and bioanthropologist researching the health impacts of global heating, especially on more vulnerable populations, and has expertise in the development, implementation and evaluation of adaptation strategies.

She has consulted for WHO and UNDP on climate adaptation strategies for health, and she led the health impacts assessment for Australia's national climate change review (The Garnaut Review, 2008) and previously worked as the Head of the School of Public Health and Social Work at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Professor Tim Flannery

Professor Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

Professor Flannery has held various academic positions including Professor at the University of Adelaide, director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum and Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

A well known presenter on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC for more than a decade, he has also written and presented several series on the Documentary Channel including The Future Eaters (1998), Wild Australasia (2003), Islands in the Sky (1992) and Bushfire (1997). His books include Here on Earth (2010) and The Weather Makers (2005).

His latest book is 'Life: Selected Writings'.

Dan Ilic

'Investigative Humourist' Dan Ilic is one of Australia's most prolific comedy voices, known for his work across TV, film, radio and stage.

Host of the popular podcast and live comedy show A Rational Fear, Dan brings together industry leaders, journalists, comedians and politicians, to use comedy to explore big issues such as climate change, press freedom and the intersection of culture and the internet. A Rational Fear won Best Comedy Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards in 2020 and 2021.

Known for raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to shame the Australian Government's record on climate action in Times Square, New York City before the Glasgow climate talks in 2021.

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