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No silver bullets, no shortcuts: confronting the commercial determinants of the climate crisis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Last year the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) placed health firmly on the global climate change agenda. Many are hoping that the upcoming COP29 in Azerbaijan will build on this momentum. However, although important, there can be little doubt that centring human health in climate change negotiations alone will be insufficient to drive the action needed to prevent catastrophic climate and ecological breakdown. Ultimately, efforts to protect the health of current and future generations, and of the natural ecosystems upon which life depends, must focus on confronting the power of the fossil fuel industry and transforming the dominant political–economic system within which it is embedded.

Source: The Lancet Planetary Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00278-x

Authors: Benjamin Wood, Penelope Milsom, Sharon Friel

Institutions: Deakin University, United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, Australian National University

Language: English

Topic: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,780