No public health without planetary health
The Lancet Public Health
Abstract
April 7 marks WHO's annual World Health Day, which this year has the theme “Our planet, our health”. The future health of the planet and human health are inextricably linked. An estimated 13 million deaths annually are attributable to avoidable environmental causes, and that number will continue to grow unless overconsumption and reliance on fossil fuels are curbed. Coming amid the COVID-19 pandemic, global economic disquiet, and war in Europe, this World Health Day is a timely and necessary reminder that global crises are entwined with climate change, and that we should not lose sight of the existential threat that ecological degradation poses to planetary and human health.
Topics & Concepts
OverconsumptionGlobal healthPublic healthPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Global warmingHuman healthPlanetClimate changeGeographyEnvironmental healthEconomic growthPolitical scienceMedicineEcologyDiseaseEconomicsBiologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Production (economics)AstrophysicsNursingMacroeconomicsPhysicsClimate Change and Health Impacts