Is the Climate Emergency exacerbating social injustice and inequity?

Social inequalities mean that many patients without access to universal healthcare are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis given that their chronic health conditions are exacerbated but they cannot afford to seek treatment. Additionally intergenerational inequality means that younger generations will be more adversely affected by the climate emergency, but at the same time are less likely to have a voice in decisions effecting the actions we take now.

It is essential that both the healthcare community and industry realise our shared Corporate Social Responsibilities. We must act together on this across the entire health industry supply chain.

Additionally our colleges and universities need to be including education on both adaptation and mitigation strategies for the climate emergency into curricula. Currently 85% of medical students from around the world report no education on the #ClimateEmergency.

#ClimateEmergency deniers protecting their own interests, threaten our children’s’ future and in doing so their actions feel almost predatory. We need to shift our thinking and acknowledge the threat to our children.