Tagged: health co-benefits

Health co-benefits need to be adequately considered in the Climate Change Commission’s final advice - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 21, 2021 •

• climate change commission,
• health co-benefits,
• housing,
• New Zealand stories,
• Pollution,
• Transport

Tim Chambers, Simon Hales, Jude Ball, Michael Baker, Cristina Cleghorn, Nick Wilson (*Author details) The Climate Change Commission’s final advice to the Government has been tabled in Parliament. This final report further acknowledged the potential health co-benefits of climate action presented in the Commission’s draft advice. However, the Commission has excluded these health co-benefits from its economic analyses, which currently … Read More

NZ’s Climate Change Commission needs to account for the huge potential health benefits of reducing emissions - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Mar 03, 2021 •

• climate change,
• climate change commission,
• dietary change,
• health co-benefits,
• Treaty of Waitangi,
• wellbeing

Nick Wilson, University of Otago; Caroline Shaw, University of Otago; Jude Ball, University of Otago; Michael Baker, University of Otago; Simon Hales, University of Otago, and Tim Chambers, University of Otago The Climate Change Commission’s recent draft report and recommendations has helped to kick-start an extremely important process. But, as others have argued, there remain serious questions about … Read More