Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 23/07/2025WOW THIS IS HUGE Unanimously: State parties an obligation to follow through and cooperate in good faith on env. treaties. Not legally binding at the country level but will set legal precidence nationally including these 3 cases in Canada: Rose et al (FED) Mathur et al (ON) Saskpower (SK) 274
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The world’s top court just made it clear: - A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right. -Climate change is a threat to human survival. - Governments have legal obligations to act. This changes the conversation. earth.org/icj-advisory...earth.orgClimate Change an 'Existential Threat', Says World's Top Court“The consequences of climate change...underscore the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change,” said ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa . 151
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comSenate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’Inquiry to look into water quality, tourism, ecosystem health, Indigenous communities, fishing, and responses of state and federal governments 042
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Parliament is back & it's time to put Health + Climate at the top of the agenda. Come to our forum this Sept where we will explore how health is impacted by climate change, energy production, economic policy & our planet's health. Early bird tickets with code: FRIEND www.dea.org.au/healthandcli... 042
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 08/05/2025📊🌱 These charts from today’s SA Industry Climate Change Conference show real progress — emissions down, a more resilient future in reach. But let’s aim higher: not just growth — a safe climate, healthy communities, and a just future. #climatehealth #SustainableFutures #JustTransition #ICCC2025 010
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 02/05/2025May 3rd is #WorldPressFreedomDay! Freedom of expression, including media freedom, is a human right. #WPFD2025 8244103
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Happy democracy sausage day! 🌭 Voting is more than a civic duty — it’s an act of determined hope. A chance to shape a healthier, fairer, more sustainable future for everyone. I'm casting my vote with that hope firmly in mind. #ElectionDay #VoteWithValues #StrongerTogether 010
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth.abc.net.auA billionaire-funded space flight has nothing to do with women’s empowermentI've often wished we could all have a brief moment of hurtling around the Earth, not to posture or preen, but to show the opposite — we are small, we are humble, and we need to fiercely care for the Earth. 142
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Remote Australia is ripe for renewable energy. But what do First Nations people think? www.croakey.org/remote-austr... New research from the HEAL Networkcroakey.orgRemote Australia is ripe for renewable energy. But what do First Nations people think?Introduction by Croakey: Appropriate engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia is critical to identify 041
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/03/2025I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.theguardian.comWe cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientistKatharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilisation 20555184
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) @unctad.bsky.social · 03/03/2025“It is important to show to the world that sustainable practices can drive economic growth,” said Lídia Bulcão, Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs of Portugal, the opening of the 5th United Nations Ocean Forum this week in Geneva. Join us in Geneva & online ▶️ ow.ly/caTi50V2CWu 031
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 19/02/2025🌍✨ Exciting News! ✨🌍 Honoured to represent @docsenvaus.bsky.social on the @who.int #ATACH Steering Group! ATACH drives climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems for all countries through support, knowledge sharing, and partnerships. Proud to help shape a healthier, sustainable future! 🌱🩺🌏 061
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India. And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns studyBogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets 3279128
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods www.croakey.org/a-call-to-preserve-… #publichealthcroakey.orgA call to preserve access to cultural foods as gentrification transforms neighbourhoods 052
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...kcur.orgEgg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expectBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores. 24105243117453
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Yo-Yo Ma "Performing Hope" in Davos today. "The world must avoid a requiem for the world’s glaciers due to escalating climate change, and instead use the window of hope which still exists and make rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions." 17223
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade. 166151853573
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Danielle Goldwert @dgoldwert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024New paper! Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 45214
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"We Can Choose the Ending to This Disaster Movie" On the issue of our climate, "the Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre," writes @davidsirota.com, co-writer of 'Don't Look Up', for Zeteo. "It’s our decision." Read/share/subscribe:zeteo.comWe Can Choose the Ending to This Disaster MovieThe Los Angeles fires are either a wake-up call or a funeral pyre. It’s our decision. 911389357
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Everyone needs to know that these fires were made possible by global heating, which is caused by the fossil fuel industry, which has lied and blocked action for half a century. And that this will all get much, much, much worse until we end the fossil fuel industry 191050416
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Remember that this is all happening in California in WINTER. There couldn’t be a louder alarm for what we are doing to our planet.nytimes.comLos Angeles Wildfires Live Updates: News on Kenneth, Eaton and Palisades FiresThe Kenneth fire exploded in a few hours. The Palisades and Eaton fires each appeared to have destroyed some 5,000 or more structures, officials said, which would put them both among the five most des... 050
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱William Crawley @williamcrawley.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Climate change is one of the forces driving California’s wildfires, say government scientists. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comClimate change: What role is it playing in the California firesExperts say that rising global temperatures are making wild fires more likely in California. 2169
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference. 4343607210385
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Los Angeles received just 0.16 inches of rain since May 2024, the second-driest period on record. Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January. But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil. What planet are they living on?axios.comLA's wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factorsExtremely dry conditions and an hurricane force winds are overlapping unusually late in the year. 1131247936558
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 08/01/2025When will we reach a point where we decide that we need to prepare for the inevitable consequences of climate change? How many ‘unprecedented’ events need to happen before we acknowledge the new realities of our world? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Are Not Prepared for Fires Like ThisA decade ago, this kind of disaster seemed unthinkably rare. 030
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 08/01/2025at the end of a 14hr flight into LAX, the pilot told us not to be alarmed if we smelled smoke, the plane wasn’t on fire, just the city 335145611421
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The current AQI in Los Angeles is 371 - this is the equivalent of smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day. This is dangerous for all people and particularly those with medical conditions, and children. Please try and stay inside, and if you have to go outside please wear an N95, and stay safe 🙏 022
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Climate change is not a belief, it’s a fact. There is a connection between the current wildfires in California and environmental conditions caused by climate change. Your house will burn whether you believe in it or not. 131
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Another heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record.abc.net.auAustralia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levelsAnother heatwave is predicted across Australia this week, as the weather bureau confirms the nation just sizzled through its hottest spring on record. 12211
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 30/11/2024And co-presenting later in the day with the very excellent Dr Tess Wiskel, my fellow Fellow from @harvardchanschool.bsky.social on the health impacts of climate change (and solutions!) was an absolute highlight of the Australasian College For Emergency Medicine ASM 2024! 000
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Health is THE argument for climate change change. Thanks to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine for shining a light on this important issue on the ASM 2024 main stage! Climate change is core to the practice of emergency medicine. @docsenvaus.bsky.social 0134
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The amount of gaslighting going on from Global North leaders in media about the wonderful steps forward that have occurred through the final #COP29 text …. I shouldn’t be shocked, but yet I am. We cannot succeed without multilateralism but the current COP process is profoundly broken. 000
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024TLDR: COP29 was a failure. But we will return to fight again, and create a better deal in Belem, Brazil. Because our kids, our lives, our planet is worth it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...bbc.co.ukCOP29 live: Recriminations as nations say $300bn COP29 cash deal for poorer countries falls shortThe money - which will help poorer nations most vulnerable to global warming - is described as 16922
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Please remember, the climate COP meetings are DESIGNED to fail. It is not a bug, but a feature. Here's how they could be designed to succeed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comCop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George MonbiotInaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 461724492
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Thanks to NSW Health and Dr Louise Messara for hosting me on the Future Health podcast, and giving us the chance to delve into the complex relationship between climate change and health systems. Climate solutions are health systems solutions!youtu.beFuture Health Podcast | S6E2: Change Makers: Climate action for future health and our workforceYouTube video by NSW Health 030
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The Australian health presence at #COP29 is strong! At the WHO pavilion with Dr Angie Bone and Dr Cybele Day. Health is THE argument for climate action! 030
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18/11/2024An "accidentally rewilded" 377-acre UK farm is now home to many threatened species, including turtle doves, warblers, 11 bat species, orchids + butterflies. Such examples prove how nature can recover when we let it, and that rewilding reverses nature loss. 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farmBedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign 22865248
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Hello Bluesky! We are a group of medical doctors and students, who understand that human health requires a healthy planet, with an environment that is free of pollution and rich in biodiversity. We call for #climateaction in recognition of the health harms caused by #globalheating and #climatechangedea.org.auDoctors for the Environment AustraliaHealthy Planet, Healthy People 413552
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 15/11/2024If fossil fuel lobbyists at #COP29Baku all represented one country, it would be the 4th biggest country of delegates at COP - Mike Davis CEO at Global Witness with @climatereality.bsky.social - time to rethink the COP process, autocratic petrostates should not be hosting 010
Reposted by Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Spotted: today at the Azerbaijani Pavilion. Reminder: there is no such thing as a sustainable fossil fuel. #debunktionjunktion 27318
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Health is the best argument for climate action that there is. We must believe in the power of our collective health voice to drive change. #COP29 000
Dr Kimberly Humphrey (she/her) 🐨👩🏻⚕️🌱 @drhumki.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Finally made the jump! Here to talk health, climate change and equity. Looking forward to engaging with you over this side 🌳🌴🌲 030