We must capitalize not only on young people’s anxiety and anger, their dissatisfaction towards the status quo – but also their devotion to not repeating the mistakes of the past and their genuine concern for future generations who are yet to be born.
There is no denying that the climate emergency is already posing an existential threat - while COVID-19 is wreaking its own havoc - to population health and health systems worldwide. Here are some policy recommendations.
As a transdisciplinary field of research and a social movement, planetary health seeks to analyse and address humanity’s manifold impacts on the planet and on our health. The movement has been gaining momentum in recent years.