The medical community should use this moment to promote international scientific conferences that are more environmentally friendly, say Etienne Delacrétaz, Romaine Delacrétaz, and Nicholas Rowe […]
Climate change
What to say to a 7 year old terrified by climate change?
How can we support children who are worried about climate change? Richard Smith, David Pencheon, and Frances Mortimer look at how we might find hope through action […]
Climate change and healthcare: we must set the example by facing our gray rhinos
“Gray Rhinos?” readers may wonder. “I thought they only write about human beings in the The BMJ.” We can explain. In 1697, a group of Dutch explorers led by William […]
Health professionals should use their voice to advocate for breathing space in our cities after covid-19
Health professionals have an urgent window of opportunity to engage in tackling air pollution and inequality through supporting a radical reallocation of urban street space for walking and cycling. The […]
Richard Smith: How can we achieve a healthy recovery from the pandemic?
I recently saw a cartoon that has uncomfortably embedded itself in my brain: it shows a relatively small tidal wave that is the pandemic, followed by a bigger tidal wave […]
Alex Armitage: We need a #HealthyRecovery from covid-19
13 million health professionals from 90 countries have written this week to the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies, calling for an economic recovery from covid-19 that prioritises human […]
Renee N. Salas: Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic provide a blueprint for the climate emergency
Two essential clinical principles have guided my practice as an emergency medicine doctor. First, I must use whatever information is available to predict and prepare for my patient’s next potential […]
Coronavirus has been an unpleasant wake up call of more than one sort
Our human propensity to ignore non-immediate threats until they are upon us has led to many unfortunate tragedies. Rarely though have we had the opportunity to watch one play out […]
Coronavirus is the vital wake up call for the bigger challenge, climate change
Within a space of a few months, we have seen our lives completely transformed by a virus. Our working lives digitised, cities emptied, and economies grinding to a halt. Last […]
How should scientific academies respond to the planetary health crisis?
How can scientific institutions help with the global climate crisis? Cami Moss and Francesca Harris suggest 5 actions. This article is part of The BMJ’s Health in the Anthropocene collection. […]