How are health pandemics connected to climate change?

As Australians continue to grapple with the health impacts of the horror bushfire season and coronavirus pandemic, more than 180 health and medical professionals are calling on the federal government to make several improvements to a major environmental law. They warn a failure to do so will fuel public health crises that could be deadlier than the coronavirus pandemic.

Logged trees in Mountain Ash forest, Victoria Source: AAP/Australian National University