The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate

Abstract

The next decade is likely to produce any number of global challenges that will affect health and health care, including pan-national infections such as the new coronavirus COVID-19 and others that will be related to global warming. Nurses will be required to react to these events, even though they will also be affected as ordinary citizens. The future resilience of healthcare services will depend on having sufficient numbers of nurses who are adequately resourced to face the coming challenges.

Perspective: Climate Change and the Relocation of Indonesia’s Capital to Borneo

“…Compounding its exposure to climate change, Jakarta is also one of the fastest sinking cities in the world, with parts of the city having sunk by up to 4 m since leveling surveys began in 1978 (Abidin et al, 2001(Abidin et al, , 2011. This sinking makes Jakarta vulnerable to flooding, tsunamis, and intense coastal storms expected to increase in frequency in this area due to climate change (Knutson et al, 2012;Siagian et al, 2014;Thiede and Gray, 2017;Watts et al, 2019). Furthermore, Jakarta is located on the island of Java where there is overall limited sustainability.…”

Humanistic Epidemiology: Love in the time of cholera, COVID-19 and other outbreaks

“…We must live in this planet, there is no other Earth or planet/plan B. And we have observed that air pollution and Planetary Health can be improved within weeks, with concerted individual and societal efforts [6]. Children confined at home for 3 weeks already, have appreciated playing with their brothers and sisters, or talking with neighbors across the balconies; even remotely with their school friends and teachers.…”

Balancing public health and private wealth: lessons on climate inaction from the COVID‐19 pandemic – a report from the International Society of Dermatology Climate Change Committee

“…Sustained warmer temperatures at higher latitudes affect the geographic ranges of infectious microorganisms and their vectors, resulting in greater numbers of people at risk for infectious diseases, including many with dermatologic manifestations. 2 Mass human migration from newly inhospitable areas decreases healthcare access, lowers vaccination rates, limits access to clean water, impairs hygiene, and leads to overcrowding and disease transmission. 2 By 2100, if emission trends continue, climate change is expected to cause an additional 1.5 million deaths annually, worldwide.…”

“…2 Mass human migration from newly inhospitable areas decreases healthcare access, lowers vaccination rates, limits access to clean water, impairs hygiene, and leads to overcrowding and disease transmission. 2 By 2100, if emission trends continue, climate change is expected to cause an additional 1.5 million deaths annually, worldwide. 3 As of late April 2020, approximately 200,000 people have died from COVID-19.…”

“…Although the total economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear, the United Nations estimated 1 trillion dollars of income loss globally in 2020 4. Worldwide, the total economic cost of unmitigated climate change is expected to reach United States (US) $4 trillion annually by 2100 2. Behavioral science explains why climate change has not been met with the same swift global action as COVID-19.…”