Overview

The climate crisis, the collapse of biodiversity and the widespread pollution of air, water and soil are no longer merely environmental health concerns. They are the biggest public health threats humankind has ever faced. Public health understanding and solutions, not technological fixes, are needed to guide us. Public Health has the skills and tools in research, practice and policy to help the public and government to understand the urgency of the situation and the options for dealing with it. We must now rapidly take that responsibility and work to ensure transformative change is taken to avoid climate catastrophe.