Climate and Health Alliance

13/10/2026

Yesterday was epic 👏👏👏 60 leaders from across our region and across sectors came together to talk climate and health at Parliament House Canberra 💙🩵

Together, we have emerged with the Leaders Summit Statement, a call from the health sector to Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen MP to take serious, rapid action on climate change while Australia is in the negotiations seat at COP31.

It was an honour to hear first about the new CDC guidance for health sector resilience and adaptation planning from Assistant Minister for Health Rebecca White 👏

Very grateful to everyone who made the journey, from Suva in Fiji and Port Moresby in Papua New guinea to Wellington in Aotearoa, to people from right across Australia.

Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji
Wellcome Trust

12/10/2026

Michelle Isles spoke to ABC Pacific Beat this morning about our Pacific Climate and Health Talanoa and the priorities identified by Pacific voices.

“Health is the great connector, and the Pacific are very clear on this.”

“If we want to actually support survival, and health and wellbeing, we need to end fossil fuel extraction, burning of coal, gas and oil, and the subsidies that enable this.

“This is about justice, health and equity. We have the solutions. Health is a cut-through angle, it is something that unites us all.”

This week, we’re bringing these priorities, alongside those of health leaders across Australia and the Pacific, to Canberra, ahead of Australia taking its place at the negotiating table at COP31 next month.

The Talanoa was an important opportunity to build on a decade of Pacific climate advocacy, bringing lived experience, health and community voices into the conversations shaping the road to COP31.

Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji Wellcome Trust

11/10/2026

What is good for the Pacific is good for the world

"For decades, the Pacific has been described through the impacts of climate change. But that is not the whole story. Pacific peoples are rights-holders, defenders and leaders in climate justice, with deep knowledge of their communities and clear solutions for protecting health, culture and future generations."

Now, it’s time to move from listening to action. Pacific leadership must be at the centre of climate action ahead of COP31.

Thank you to Croakey - Informed, engaged communities for health for covering our work and our Pacific-led Talanoa, Salt Water in Our Blood. Read the full story here 👇
https://www.croakey.org/what-is-good-for-the-pacific-is-good-for-the-world/

Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji West Coast Doctors for Planetary Health World Health Organization (WHO) Wellcome Trust

This post compiles a series of reports from the Pre-COP and related meetings in Fiji this past week, including: Pacific leaders set out climate and health solutions; Powerful witness; Setting the scene; Climate health financing brief; New heat and health resources; Recommended reading; and What’s ...

09/10/2026

Great job in climate-health research!

08/10/2026

Yesterday, CAHA and the Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji proudly co-hosted the Pacific Climate and Health Talanoa 🏝️

85 people gathered in the Methodist Church Hall of Narewa Village in Nadi, Fiji. People came from all corner of the world, many from small islands like Kiribati, Fiji, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Jamaica and the Torres Strait.

Together, they engaged in a traditional talanoa process to discuss the health impacts of climate change in the Pacific, how their communities are already adapting, and how the global community must move forward to meet the legal obligations of Pacific Islanders. We are excited to share the outcomes with you all soon, which will guide our advocacy before, during and after COP31.

We are so grateful for the generous spirit of the Narewa Village who opened their community to us and allowed this inclusive dialogue to happen.

Wellcome Trust

06/10/2026

CAHA CEO Michelle Isles on the ground in Nadi, Fiji 🇫🇯 From the impacts of extreme heat on pregnant people and their newborns, to exploring implementation of the ICJ decision, the discussions are rich, impassioned and hopeful.

At the centre is the call to keep 1.5 alive — a demand that the Paris Agreement not be treated as aspirational but as a benchmark that must be maintained.

06/10/2026

Day one of Pre-COP in Fiji, and what a day! 🌺

We kicked things off with the launch of Birthright, Wellcome Trust’s global campaign to protect pregnant women and babies from the health impacts of global heating. We’re proud to add our voice to the health community calling for global action and urging decision-makers to protect women and babies from the health impacts of extreme heat.

As health professionals, we know that exposure to excessive heat during pregnancy is associated with higher risks of premature birth, low birth weight, stillbirth and maternal complications. Our CEO Michelle Isles spoke alongside The Hon. Julia Gillard AC, Kate Thwaites, Jessica Work, and Simon Stiell to highlight the growing evidence and the urgent need for action. Learn more 👇https://wellcome.org/climate-and-health/extreme-heat/pregnancy

We also joined the screening of All Rise!, exploring how the International Court of Justice climate ruling can help deliver better health and save lives, with Julia Gillard and Vishal Prasad.
Watch the film 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0MfiOyHtk

We ended the day with Seeds & Sparks, co-hosted by our Pacific Partnerships Coordinator Litiana Lagibalavu and Ronda Carnegie. Centred on climate, gender and health, the evening created space to learn from Pacific and Indigenous women’s lived experience and expertise, and reflect on how we can support women-led solutions for climate and health.

People from across different communities came together for a grounded evening where we could take off our shoes, relax, connect and share openly, with music from the Tuvalu Youth Choir.

A huge first day. We’re excited for what’s ahead, especially our Pacific Climate & Health Talanoa on Thursday 🩵 🩵 🩵

05/10/2026

The Australian government is legally obligated to aim to limit warming to 1.5 °C.

In Funafuti, Tuvalu, we asked Pacific civil society leaders what message they have for the Australian Government.

We heard from voices from Naoero, Palau, Niue, Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji and Tuvalu.

The message was clear:

“Enough is enough. Stop faking and start action.”

“If you’re hosting COP, act like it.”

“Not by words, but with actions.”

Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network - PICAN, Fiji Women's Rights Movement, Wellcome Trust

01/10/2026

Great to see this recognition of the sustainable healthcare leadership by the RMH, a valued member of our GGHH network 💪

HealthCareWithoutHarm

We’re a finalist in the 2026 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards!

The RMH is proud to be a finalist in the category Creating a sustainable and climate resilient health system for our project on Reducing food waste at the RMH.

This project focused on two areas to reduce preventable food and packaging waste and associated costs at the RMH:

🍽️ Use patient and consumer feedback about food preferences to inform changes to the default menu options and reduce wastage;

♻️ Reduce the amount of unopened shelf-stable fluids that had not been consumed by patients from going to disposal, and instead reintroduce into the supply chain while adhering to safe infection controls

The project resulted in estimated annual reductions of 52.5 tonnes of food and packaging waste, and 110 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Congratulations to the Dietitian, Food Services and Sustainability teams behind this nomination!

📸 (L-R): Food Services Assistant Maurice, Senior Food Service Dietitian Aimee, Senior Clinical Dietitian Lucas, Nutrition Strategy Lead Bridget, Nutrition Manager Hilda

29/09/2026

On 8 October in Fiji, we are hosting a talanoa titled “Salt Water in Our Blood: A Pacific Climate and Health Talanoa.”

This Pacific-led dialogue will bring together youth, women, civil society, health leaders, Indigenous and regional voices to share lived experiences and inform priorities for COP31.

Talanoa is a traditional Pacific approach to open, inclusive dialogue and storytelling. It creates space to build understanding and deep listening, so people can speak up, be heard and shape the conversation.

The priorities that emerge will help inform our advocacy, communications and engagement as we take Pacific voices and demands from Fiji to Canberra and on to COP31 in Antalya.

Pacific voices. Pacific priorities. Pacific leadership.



Thanks to Wellcome Trust for making this work possible.

Alliance for Future Generations - Fiji,Pacific Islands Climate Action Network - PICAN, Fiji Women's Rights Movement