Climate Health: RVTS Grand Round 2025 Keynote Address by Professor Nicholas Talley

How is climate change shaping the health of rural and remote communities—and what can GPs do right now to help? 

In this special episode of RVTS4GPs, we bring you the keynote address from Professor Nicholas Talley, recorded at the 2025 RVTS Grand Round: On the Frontline – Rural GPs Caring for Communities in a Changing Climate. 

 

Professor Talley speaks with passion and urgency about the health impacts of climate change, highlighting the challenges for rural practice and issuing a powerful call to action for GPs everywhere. 

Whether you're climate-conscious, climate-curious, or simply committed to being the best GP you can be, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration you won't want to miss. 

More about Professor Talley: 

Distinguished Laureate Professor Nicholas Talley is a world-leading neurogastroenterologist, clinician and educator with a research interest in disorders of gut-brain interactions and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder. Nick is currently Head, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, and Chief Investigator of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Digestive Health in Newcastle. His undergraduate textbook Clinical Examination (now 9th edition) won 1st place in the British Medical Association Book Awards in 2018. He is currently the Board Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia, and he is very active in advocating about the serious health impacts of climate change, and promoting adaptation and mitigation by the health system and the community. 

Want to keep exploring? 

Doctors for the Environment Australia - Green College Guidelines -  

Climate and Health Alliance 

Green Hospitals 

Journal of Climate Change and Health 

National guide to preventive health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Fourth Edition ( Chapter 21: Health Impacts of Climate Change )  

Carbon Positive Australia