Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community

Courtney Howard¹, Andrea J MacNeill², Fintan Hughes³, Lujain Alqodmani⁴, Kate Charlesworth⁵, Roberto de Almeida⁶, Roger Harris⁷, Bruno Jochum⁸, Edward Maibach⁹, Lwando Maki¹⁰, Forbes McGain¹¹, Jeni Miller¹², Monica Nirmala¹³, David Pencheon¹⁴, Scott Robertson¹⁵, Jodi D Sherman¹⁶, Joe Vipond¹⁷, Hao Yin¹⁸, Hugh Montgomery¹⁹

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¹ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Toronto, Canada; Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: doctorswithinborderscanada@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ EAT, Forum, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ EAT Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Climate Risk and Net Zero Unit, New South Wales Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ Instituto Ideia Ambiental, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Federal University of Latin American Integration, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁸ Climate Action Accelerator, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹¹ Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹² Global Climate and Health Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA.
¹³ Health in Harmony, Portland, OR, USA.
¹⁴ Health and Sustainable Development, Medical and Health School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
¹⁵ CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁶ Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹⁷ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁸ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁹ CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 36889866
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00022-0

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Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community

Courtney Howard et al. Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Mar.

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. 2023 Mar;7(3):e251-e264.

doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00022-0.

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¹ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Toronto, Canada; Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: doctorswithinborderscanada@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ EAT, Forum, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ EAT Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Climate Risk and Net Zero Unit, New South Wales Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁶ Instituto Ideia Ambiental, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Federal University of Latin American Integration, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
⁷ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁸ Climate Action Accelerator, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁹ Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹¹ Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹² Global Climate and Health Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA.
¹³ Health in Harmony, Portland, OR, USA.
¹⁴ Health and Sustainable Development, Medical and Health School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
¹⁵ CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁶ Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹⁷ Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁸ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁹ CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 36889866
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00022-0

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Correction to Lancet Planet Health 2023; 7: e251-64.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Apr;7(4):e270. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00059-1. Lancet Planet Health. 2023. PMID: 37019568 No abstract available.

Abstract

Accelerating the decarbonisation of local and national economies is a profound public health imperative. As trusted voices within communities around the world, health professionals and health organisations have enormous potential to influence the social and policy landscape in support of decarbonisation. We assembled a multidisciplinary, gender-balanced group of experts from six continents to develop a framework for maximising the social and policy influence of the health community on decarbonisation at the micro levels, meso levels, and macro levels of society. We identify practical, learning-by-doing approaches and networks to implement this strategic framework. Collectively, the actions of health-care workers can shift practice, finance, and power in ways that can transform the public narrative and influence investment, activate socioeconomic tipping points, and catalyse the rapid decarbonisation needed to protect health and health systems.

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