As reported in The Conversation: Climate change is undermining our health and the burden falls heaviest on women

In The Conversation, our colleagues Veronica Le Nevez and Laura Downey report from the pre-COP in Fiji on why health must be central to climate discussions. Chronic diseases cause 87% of deaths in the Western Pacific, yet they remain largely absent from the COP agenda. Women carry the heaviest burden as the main carers, dealing with, food and water insecurity, extreme heat and the strain of rebuilding after disasters. The authors also highlight the women-led climate solutions emerging across the Pacific and call on COP31 attendees to put chronic disease prevention, primary health care and gender-responsive leadership at the heart of climate action.

Read the full article in The Conversation here.

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