Envisioning environmental equity : climate change, health, and racial justice
Deivanayagam, Thilagawathi Abi (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
English, Sonora (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
Hickel, Jason 1982- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Bonifacio, Jon (Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines)
Guinto, Renzo R (St Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine (Filipines))
Hill, Kyle X (University of North Dakota. Department of Indigenous Health)
Huq, Mita (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
Issa, Rita (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
Mulindwa, Hans (Climate Operation (Kampala, Uganda))
Nagginda, Heizal Patricia (Climate Operation (Kampala, Uganda))
De morais sato, Priscila (Federal University of Bahia. School of Nutrition)
Selvarajah, Sujitha (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
Sharma, Chetna (University College London. Institute for Global Health)
Devakumar, Delan (University College London. Institute for Global Health)

Data:	2023
Descripció:	15 pàg.
Resum:	Climate change has a broad range of health impacts and tackling climate change could be the greatest opportunity for improving global health this century. Yet conversations on climate change and health are often incomplete, giving little attention to structural discrimination and the need for racial justice. Racism kills, and climate change kills. Together, racism and climate change interact and have disproportionate effects on the lives of minoritised people both within countries and between the Global North and the Global South. This paper has three main aims. First, to survey the literature on the unequal health impacts of climate change due to racism, xenophobia, and discrimination through a scoping review. We found that racially minoritised groups, migrants, and Indigenous communities face a disproportionate burden of illness and mortality due to climate change in different contexts. Second, this paper aims to highlight inequalities in responsibility for climate change and the effects thereof. A geographical visualisation of responsibility for climate change and projected mortality and disease risk attributable to climate change per 100 000 people in 2050 was conducted. These maps visualise the disproportionate burden of illness and mortality due to climate change faced by the Global South. Our third aim is to highlight the pathways through which climate change, discrimination, and health interact in most affected areas. Case studies, testimony, and policy analysis drawn from multidisciplinary perspectives are presented throughout the paper to elucidate these pathways. The health community must urgently examine and repair the structural discrimination that drives the unequal impacts of climate change to achieve rapid and equitable action.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	SDG 13 - Climate Action
Publicat a:	The Lancet (British), 29 may 2023, ISSN 1474-547X

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00919-4
PMID: 37263280

15 p, 2.6 MB

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