{"id":49220,"date":"2020-12-11T16:16:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T15:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=49220"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:56:47","slug":"alistair-wardrope-putting-health-and-climate-justice-at-the-heart-of-cop-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/12\/11\/alistair-wardrope-putting-health-and-climate-justice-at-the-heart-of-cop-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Wardrope: Putting health and climate justice at the heart of COP 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Climate breakdown, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(09)60935-1\/fulltext\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;the greatest threat to global health of the 21st century&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is driven by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.common-wealth.co.uk\/reports\/reimagining-public-health\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">same political and economic systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that are exacerbating health inequities, so starkly amplified by covid-19. The UK Government\u2019s recent announcements appear to acknowledge the imperative to tackle the &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instituteofhealthequity.org\/resources-reports\/marmot-review-10-years-on\/the-marmot-review-10-years-on-full-report.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">twin problems of social inequalities and climate change.&#8221; <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However promises of a \u201cgreen industrial revolution\u201d, or last week\u2019s \u201cambitious\u201d emissions reductions pledge, fail to acknowledge the true scale of the challenge, or of the UK\u2019s historical responsibility. As the UK prepares to host the 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26)\u2014the first global reassessment of emissions reductions commitments since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015\u2014it should show true ambition in adopting policies that prioritise the health and wellbeing of people and planet. Over 1000 UK health workers and students have recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medact.org\/2020\/actions\/sign-ons\/health-justice-means-climate-justice-at-cop26-%e2%94%80-letter-to-the-uk-government-cop26-leadership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> three key demands, described below, to put health and climate justice at the heart of COP26.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The need for a just and historically accurate nationally determined contribution<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stark injustice of climate breakdown is that the communities most vulnerable to its effects have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(20)32290-X\/fulltext\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">contributed least to emissions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This places responsibility for mitigation on those who have benefited most from unsustainable exploitation of our common atmosphere. The UK\u2019s present affluence is a direct consequence of its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanplh\/article\/PIIS2542-5196(20)30196-0\/fulltext\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">colonial and industrial legacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, making it the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianaid.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-03\/UK%20Climate%20Fair%20Share%20-%20Technical%20Backgrounder.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6th greatest source of historical emissions since 1850\u2014<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and historically <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/9\/1\/014010\/meta#erl483242tab2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the highest emitter per capita globally<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A just commitment to emissions reductions should acknowledge three considerations: the need to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels; the historical responsibility of different states for current global heating; and the consequent economic capacity to support emissions reductions. Taking these factors into account, the UK\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianaid.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-03\/UK%20Climate%20Fair%20Share%20-%20Technical%20Backgrounder.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;fair share&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of emissions reductions goes far beyond last week\u2019s pledge of a 68% reduction (relative to 1990 levels) by 2030; fairly accounting for the UK\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1070496517744593\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">climate debt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianaid.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-03\/UK%20Climate%20Fair%20Share%20-%20Technical%20Backgrounder.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">require a 200% reduction by that time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This would entail not only a zero-carbon domestic economy, but funding of low-carbon development in communities presently threatened by climate breakdown.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The call to cancel all future fossil fuel extractive projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meeting this goal requires immediate and rapid decarbonisation. Yet the UK continues to invest heavily in fossil fuels. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=CELEX:52019DC0001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Subsidies to fossil fuel companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> vastly outweigh those for renewables; new extractive projects like the Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria continue to receive public support; and UK Export Finance continues to fund new fossil fuel extraction internationally, to the tune of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/810203\/UKEF_Annual_Report_2018-19.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a32 billion in 2018 (compared to just\u00a0 \u00a3700,000 spent on renewable projects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This investment increases emissions, perpetuates reliance on fossil fuels, and can be<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/category-a-project-under-consideration-mozambique-lng-project\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">detrimental to local populations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0 Investing in these projects locks in carbon dependence and is incompatible with restricting global heating to 1.5\u02daC. Just continuing to exploit existing<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/productiongap.org\/2019report\/#R1\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">projects will take us beyond this limit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These investments also represent a missed opportunity to invest in renewables, rapidly becoming the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.bnef.com\/blog\/scale-up-of-solar-and-wind-puts-existing-coal-gas-at-risk\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cheapest energy sources for most of the world<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Investing in a just transition to a low carbon economy could <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ippr.org\/files\/2019-03\/energy-skills-march19.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">revitalise areas of the UK suffering unemployment due to the loss of heavy industry.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The demand for a fossil free COP26<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately responsible for anthropogenic climate change, accounting for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/6fefcbb86e61af1b2fc4-c70d8ead6ced550b4d987d7c03fcdd1d.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com\/cms\/reports\/documents\/000\/002\/327\/original\/Carbon-Majors-Report-2017.pdf?1501833772\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">71% of global greenhouse gas emissions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in recent years. Business plans of the largest carbon majors predict increasing GHG emissions. Even \u201cfront runners\u201d amongst the oil majors invest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/e-tarjome.com\/storage\/panel\/fileuploads\/2019-08-31\/1567240749_E13293-e-tarjome.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">only 3% total capital expenditure on renewables<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1057\/dev.2008.27\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">advocating for mitigation policies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that justify inaction and shifting costs of climate change onto the Global South and future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exploiting the same tactics as the tobacco industry, the fossil fuel industry has played a major role in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/climateinvestigations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The-Global-Climate-Coalition-Denial-and-Delay.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">funding denial of climate science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and has used its considerable political influence to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1469306202000086\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">undermine national and international climate mitigation policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Oil companies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureunstained.org\/bigoilpushtosponsorcop\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have sought to lobby and influence the UK government<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the build up to, and at, COP26, and the first round of sponsorship for COP26 includes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cultureunstained.org\/2020\/11\/18\/campaigners-slam-choice-of-fossil-fuel-linked-companies-as-sponsors-of-cop26\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fossil fuel funders and carbon-intensive power companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) works to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/fctc\/implementation\/global-strategy-to-accelerate-tobacco-control\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> insulate all tobacco control policy from industry influence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, reducing its social and political capital, so too should the health sector work to promote effective climate policy by insulating the COP26 from carbon-intensive industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A call to action<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of the health community, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.sussex.ac.uk\/science\/article\/pii\/S266727822030002X\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we must do more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than provide care. The climate crisis is already having devastating impacts on people&#8217;s health and the communities least responsible are suffering most. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medact.org\/2020\/resources\/briefings\/health-climate-justice-at-cop-26\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">proposals presented here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> outline some of the actions required for a just transition and rapid decarbonisation that safeguards the health of people and planet. The UK government should show ambition commensurate with its historical responsibility for climate breakdown, and centre health and climate justice at COP26.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Alistair Wardrope<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Academic Neurology Unit, University of Sheffield; Department of Clinical Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Alistair is a Medact member and receives funding from NIHR.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Alison Chisholm<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford and member of Medact Climate and Health Research Group. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@AlisonChisholm7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Tess Elliott<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GP partner in leeds. Member of Medact\u2019s Climate &amp; Health Research Group.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Rhiannon Osborne<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Cambridge School of Medicine. This author is also the Policy and Advocacy Director at Students for Global Health UK and an Independent Commissioner for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@rhiannon_osborn<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bethan Page<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Bethan <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a Public Health Specialty Registrar in the South West Training Programme and a member of Medact\u2019s Climate &amp; Health research group. Twitter handle: @bethan_page<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Aditi Babel<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foundation Doctor at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, member of Medact&#8217;s Climate and Health Research Group<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Ben Eder<\/strong>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Climate &amp; Health Campaigner at Medact. @beneder<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate breakdown, &#8220;the greatest threat to global health of the 21st century&#8221; is driven by the same political and economic systems that are exacerbating health inequities, so starkly amplified by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2020\/12\/11\/alistair-wardrope-putting-health-and-climate-justice-at-the-heart-of-cop-26\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":48652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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