Future Proof: Health Systems for a Healthy Planet
Maria Neira
Director, Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization
Jennifer Kuhl
Network and Engagement Lead and Member, Generation Climate Initiative, Global Climate and Health Alliance
James Harding
Co-Founder and Editor, Tortoise Media
Climate change will not only have a major impact on people’s health, it will also affect the health systems and infrastructure that people need for their treatment. Paradoxically, though, our current health systems are a substantial contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. So what actions must be taken to tackle both problems simultaneously, protecting both human and planetary health? How do we build climate-resilient health systems, and who should pay for them? Can the lessons of Covid-19 guide and prepare us for future health crises?
