Climate change and rising energy costs: A threat but also an opportunity for a healthier future?

McCartney, Gerry; Hanlon, P.

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2008.03.019

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“…A wider debate is taking place within public health about whether the benefits of economic growth on health and social circumstances seen in the last 150 years (Fogel, 2004; McKeown, 1976) are now unlikely to be associated with future health and social gains because of the dangers of climate change, resource scarcity, obesity, inequalities and consumerist-driven mental health problems (Hanlon and McCartney, 2008; Homer-Dixon, 2007; Jackson, 2009; McCartney and Hanlon, 2008; McCartney et al, 2008; Wilkinson and Pickett, 2009). Further economic growth in the current mode is therefore likely to intensify these problems that arise from this market-orientated and consumerist mindset.…”

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How will the 2014 Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health, and how will we know?

2013

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This article identifies pathways through which impacts from the 2014 Commonwealth Games might arise. It also assesses the likelihood of positive impacts and considers how best to evaluate the games. The pathways identified are: economic growth; increased sports participation; increased pride and sense of identity; volunteering; improved environment; and legacy programmes. There is little or no evidence from previous major multi-sports events to suggest that any of these pathways are likely to generate meaningful positive outcomes although there is an absence of evidence for some. The available evidence could be improved if the 2014 Games were to be evaluated using: retrospective cohort analysis for discrete interventions; theory-based comparative cohort analyses, which includes an assessment of opportunity costs for effects that are intrinsic to hosting the event; and a realist evaluation of 'catalytic impacts'.

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How will the 2014 Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health, and how will we know?

2013

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“…2 The dependence of modern economies on fossil fuels, including for the production and distribution of food, and the consequences on health of restricted availability, has been discussed in detail elsewhere. 3,4 Second, as the economy has opened after the COVID-19 restrictions, suppliers have had difficulty in meeting the large and rapid increases in demand. 2 This is in part due to Brexit, which has reduced the supply of labour (with consequent impacts on the ability of producers and suppliers to meet demand).…”

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Population mortality impacts of the rising cost of living in Scotland: modelling study

Richardson

McCartney

Taulbut

et al. 2022

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Objectives To estimate the potential impacts of unmitigated and mitigated cost of living increases on real household income, mortality, and mortality inequalities in Scotland. Design Modelling study. Setting Scotland, 2022/23. Participants A representative sample of 5,602 Scottish respondents (within 2,704 households) in the 2015/16 Family Resources Survey. We estimated changes in real household income associated with differential price inflation (based on proportion of household spending on different goods and services, by income group), both with and without mitigating UK Government policies, and scaled these to the Scottish population. We estimated mortality effects using a cross-sectional relationship between household income and mortality data, by deprivation group. Interventions Baseline was Scotland in 2022/23 with the average wage and price inflation of preceding years. The comparison scenarios were unmitigated cost of living increases, and mitigation by the UK Government's Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) and Cost of Living Support payments. Main outcome measures Premature mortality rate and life expectancy at birth by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) group, and inequalities in both. Results Unmitigated price inflation was 14.9% for the highest income group and 22.9% for the lowest. UK Government policies partially mitigated impacts of the rising cost of living on real incomes, although households in the most deprived areas of Scotland would still be GBP1,400 per year worse off than at baseline. With the mitigating measures in place, premature mortality was estimated to increase by up to 6.4%, and life expectancy to decrease by up to 0.9%. Effects would be greater in more deprived areas, and inequalities would increase as a result. Conclusions Large and inequitable impacts on mortality in Scotland are predicted if real-terms income reductions are sustained. Progressive Cost of Living Support payments are not sufficient to offset the mortality impacts of the greater real income reductions in deprived areas.

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“…The issue of sustainability is a particularly pointed example of a contemporary public health problem with multiple connections. Several interacting unsustainable trends currently exist: population growth; the use of fossil fuels; the accumulation of greenhouse gases and the creation of money (McCartney and Hanlon 2008a). The list of threats to sustainability is, of course, much longer but this short list highlights four interconnected drivers currently experiencing exponential growth.…”

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Re-orienting public health: rhetoric, challenges and possibilities for sustainability

Hanlon

Carlisle

2010

Critical Public Health

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We make a case in this article for re-orienting public health, based on evidence that societies across the globe are now facing inevitable change for which public health remains insufficiently prepared. We focus on the relationship between different sustainability ideals, displayed through rhetoric and discourse and the reality of a number of challenges in the 'modern' world. We briefly describe discernible elements of public and policy rhetoric around sustainability, as an important background for public health efforts, and present two significant public health discourses. We then outline some of the challenges to sustainability; some relate to the powerful social systems and cultural values associated with modernity, while others refer to broader environmental issues. These are not unconnected. We conclude by outlining the possibilities for sustainability, which include a transition to a more sustainable form of society that could lessen global inequalities, combat emerging problems, such as obesity, depression and addictive behaviours, and improve individual and social levels of well-being. We believe that this may well require a change of consciousness for a change of age, so the scope and scale of the required response should not be underestimated.

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Climate change and rising energy costs: A threat but also an opportunity for a healthier future?

Abstract: McCartney, G. and Hanlon, P. (2008) Climate change and rising energy costs: a threat but also an opportunity for a healthier future? Public Health 122 (7):pp. 653-658.

Cited by 11 publications

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How will the 2014 Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health, and how will we know?

How will the 2014 Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health, and how will we know?

Population mortality impacts of the rising cost of living in Scotland: modelling study

Re-orienting public health: rhetoric, challenges and possibilities for sustainability

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