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The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australian policy inaction threatens lives

Overview of attention for article published in Medical Journal of Australia, November 2018
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Title
The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australian policy inaction threatens lives
Published in
Medical Journal of Australia, November 2018
DOI 10.5694/mja18.00789
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Authors

Ying Zhang, Paul J Beggs, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Martina K Linnenluecke, Stefan Trueck, Robyn Alders, Peng Bi, Sinead M Boylan, Donna Green, Yuming Guo, Ivan C Hanigan, Elizabeth G Hanna, Arunima Malik, Geoffrey G Morgan, Mark Stevenson, Shilu Tong, Nick Watts, Anthony G Capon

Abstract

Climate plays an important role in human health and it is well established that climate change can have very significant impacts in this regard. In partnership with The Lancet and the MJA, we present the inaugural Australian Countdown assessment of progress on climate change and health. This comprehensive assessment examines 41 indicators across five broad sections: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. These indicators and the methods used for each are largely consistent with those of the Lancet Countdown global assessment published in October 2017, but with an Australian focus. Significant developments include the addition of a new indicator on mental health. Overall, we find that Australia is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on health, and that policy inaction in this regard threatens Australian lives. In a number of respects, Australia has gone backwards and now lags behind other high income countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom. Examples include the persistence of a very high carbon-intensive energy system in Australia, and its slow transition to renewables and low carbon electricity generation. However, we also find some examples of good progress, such as heatwave response planning. Given the overall poor state of progress on climate change and health in Australia, this country now has an enormous opportunity to take action and protect human health and lives. Australia has the technical knowhow and intellect to do this, and our annual updates of this assessment will track Australia's engagement with and progress on this vitally important issue.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 199 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 31 16%
Researcher 23 12%
Student > Master 22 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 8%
Student > Postgraduate 7 4%
Other 16 8%
Unknown 85 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 26 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 11%
Environmental Science 15 8%
Psychology 8 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 4%
Other 30 15%
Unknown 92 46%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 277. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2022.
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#62
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#4
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