CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND HEALTHCARE

Healthy Planet UK is a group of students committed to education, advocacy, and action on climate change and the environmental determinants of health. But what is climate change, and what links it to human health locally and worldwide?

The headlines...

(Click on the links to read more on each topic)

1. Climate change is happening, chiefly due to human activity.
   
   
2. Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st century through direct and indirect pathways, as well as exacerbating pressures on other social and environmental determinants of health.
   
   
3. Tackling climate change offers one of the greatest opportunities we have for better public health through the many health cobenefits of climate action.
   
   
4. The health sector must play a vital role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
   

This video from the Global Climate and Health Alliance covers in 3 minutes what the rest of these pages discuss in more detail.