With 93% of children globally breathing toxic air, Rob Hughes says it is hard to think of a more pressing challenge for us all—and especially doctors—to engage with […]
Climate change
The summer we woke up to the health impact of climate change
Climate change is something that everyone needs to take seriously, and healthcare professionals are no exception. The global weather this summer should make us all stop and think. As well […]
Laurie Laybourn-Langton: Leadership on climate change is leadership on health
The UK must commit to full decarbonisation to realise the health benefits of acting on climate change […]
Andy Haines: Climate change must be reframed as a health issue
The Paris Climate Change agreement, reached in December 2015, was a political triumph and has now been ratified by 171 parties to the treaty out of a total of 197. The […]
Jay Lemery et al: We need climate doctors
There is a looming healthcare crisis, and we are woefully short of doctors… Sound familiar? Except in this case, we are talking about the “biggest global health threat of the […]
Chris Simms: Deregulation amid fires and hurricanes
Deregulation is benefiting the few while harming the many by putting profits over public health and safety, says Chris Simms […]
Banalata Sen and Manu Gupta: Responding to India’s climate paradox of drought or deluge
Nearly all Indian towns and cities exist in a paradox: they are water scarce in dry seasons, yet prone to severe flooding during monsoons. Earlier this summer, the entire area of […]
Jeni Miller: Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are not so natural disasters
Human decisions are ramping up the intensity and frequency of such storms and making their consequences worse […]
Disavowal: the great excuser that may destroy us
By Richard Smith and David Pencheon In 2007 Fiona Godlee, editor of The BMJ and somebody who has been concerned about the environment for at least 30 years, was outed […]
Chris Simms: Brexit and the vengeance of unintended consequences
Decades before the advent of complexity science, H L Mencken wrote that “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.” These solutions typically complicate […]