Addressing the Climate-Health-Equity Nexus: The Path to a Sustainable Future
Speakers: Vanessa Kerry - MD, Chief Executive Officer of Seed Global Health, Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, WHO ; Juliette White – Vice President Global Sustainability, AstraZeneca ; and more
This session will focus on the climate crisis, the largest public health crisis of our time. The WHO estimates that nearly 1 in 4 deaths are attributable to preventable environmental causes. Today, we are seeing a steep rise in heart conditions, cancers, respiratory illnesses and infectious diseases linked to environmental factors, with vulnerable populations most affected. This bears an enormous burden not only on patient populations, but also on our societies and economies