Steph Stubbe, a volunteer within our ClimateSmart team, wrote an Op-Ed this week calling for stronger climate action. The article ran in 116 regional and rural newspapers - a great result! Some of the...

The Gippsland Lakes could lose its iconic Burrunan dolphins within decades to a fatal skin disease caused by the changing climate, a study has found.

Angela Frimberger, who sits on our Board, speaks to ABC Sunshine Coast in early December to promote the ABC TV show After the Fires.  This is another example of VfCA helping everyday Australians realise...

Veterinarians for Climate Action has submitted to the House Standing Committe on the Environment and Energy on its review of the Climate Change Bill 2020.

Pre-eminent Aussie scientist Professor Lesley Hughes presented to the veterinary profession on how climate change is impacting our animals. Lesley is a wealth of knowledge and we hope you find this video as informative...

We are proud to announce that Professor Mark Howden and Professor Lesley Hughes, both eminent speakers on climate change, presented to the Veterinary profession on what good climate policy looks like. They did this...

This Thursday Climate and Sustainability will be the focus of the VBG's virtual summit. Jeannet Kessels, our chair, will be interviewed by the keynote speaker and this will be followed by breakout groups to...

Climate change poses multifaceted threats on migrating species. Recent research has shown that in response to a warming planet with earlier springs, migratory animals are adjusting the timing of essential life stages. Although these...

Former Queensland Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Ron Glanville, warns of the increased likelihood of increased disease due to climate change. As example, he reminds us of the immediate disease concern with the novel coronavirus...

In early September, eighteen former Chief Veterinary Officers wrote to Scott Morrison asking for a meeting to discuss climate policy. The government declined to meet, and further their written response was deemed unsatisfactory for...

Angela Frimberger  cares deeply about animal welfare and is a founding board member of the near year-old Veterinarians for Climate Action (VFCA). Angela and her husband, Antony Moore, run a rather special veterinary operation...

Scientific advice on climate change given to the PM by eignteen former chief Australian veterinary officers and biosecurity experts was referred to by Rob Oakeshott, former MP. He highlighted the contrast presented by the...

Dr Angela Frimberger is concerned at how climate change is affecting ecosystems worldwide and impacting on all animals, wild and domestic. This suffering and death of animals was dramatically and tragically demonstrated by last...

Veterinarians for Climate Action knows that our actions can inadvertently hurt the animals we love. As such, VfCA is working to make sustainability a priority within the veterinary profession and thus enact widespread, meaningful...

A group of Australia’s most experienced veterinarians are warning climate change is leading to new pest distribution and is likely to spark new, potentially deadly diseases, threatening Australia’s agricultural sector and biosecurity. In an...

Veterinarians for Climate Action welcomes the National Farmers Federation’s decision to back a carbon neutral Australian economy by 2050.

Angela Frimberger, our Secretary, discusses the benefits of a move to electric vehicles.   The article can be seen here.  

Dr Jeannet Kessels is the chair of VfCA. Her story and motivation to work on climate action recently featured in the Vet Practice magazine. Dr Kessels has established herself as a successful veterinary practitioner...

Hear Angela Frimberger apear on RN to discuss the recent study which found that the 2019-2020 bushfires killed almost three billion animals, an increase on the one billion previously estimated. The recording can be...

Veterinarians for Climate Action appeared in a full-page advert within The Weekend Australian, calling for a plan to address the bushfire threat posed by climate change. Angela Frimberger, our Secretary, attended multiple events to...

Dr Angela Frimberger of VfCA, joined leading climate scientists, former and current emergency leaders, Indigenous fire practitioners, doctors, farmers, community leaders, social service providers, economists, mayors, bushfire survivors, and many other members of the community for the...

Pre-eminent Aussie scientist Dr Robert Glasser presented to some of the veterinary profession’s best and brightest this week. Robert is a wealth of knowledge and we hope you find this video as informative and...

Pre-eminent Aussie climate scientist Professor Mark Howden presented to some of the veterinary profession’s best and brightest this week. Mark is a wealth of knowledge and we hope you find this video as informative...

Bill Doak’s farm is on the Gwydir river a major inland perennial river in northern NSW within the Murray-Darling basin. The Gwydir Wetlands supports more breeding waterbirds than anywhere else in Australia when there...

Dr Jeannet Kessel, chair of Veterinarians for Climate Action, describes her personal experience of the damage wrought by last summer's bushfires. She travelled from south-east Queensland through rural New South Wales in January 2020 and...

Inspiring the veterinary profession for climate action Veterinarians for Climate Action (VfCA), formed in late 2019 to inspire the veterinary profession to advocate for and achieve climate action – both within theveterinary industry and in the wider community. Veterinarian, Nobel Laureate and...

"Bulls cannot breed at Inverell. They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating. Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting." These are the alarming observations of Dr Gundi Rhoades....

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