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Dr Kate Charlesworth

Councillor
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Dr Kate Charlesworth MBBS (Hons), MPH, FAFPHM, PhD is a public health physician in Sydney. After working as a hospital doctor in Perth and Sydney, Kate completed much of her training in public health medicine in the UK.

She worked as a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and then at the Sustainable Development Unit in Cambridge. The SDU is a world-leading unit tasked with reducing the carbon footprint of England’s National Health Service. Kate has also completed a PhD in low-carbon healthcare, and has 15 peer-reviewed papers. Kate now works in the NSW public health system as a medical specialist in environmentally sustainable healthcare – the first such role in Australia.

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Publications and Resources

Climate Anxiety Toolkit

Let’s face it, climate change is scary. This guide gives you practical tools for grounding your life in active hope—because looking after ourselves (and each other) and taking climate action go hand in hand.

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The Fight of our Lives

One year ago today, Sydney had among the highest levels of air pollution in the world due to the Black Summer bushfires. Climate change is harming Australians now, and we’re all at risk; we must act urgently and decisively to protect ourselves and those we love.

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