The global inequality in health opportunities is being further heightened by the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. Addressing it is more than a question for health systems; it must be embedded as a central concern in climate and environmental policy. This is being urged by scientists from Heidelberg University whose research focuses, among other things, on global health, environment-related diseases and climate action. They advocate not only countering this inequality at the individual level but also removing its structural causes. In a paper published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, they explain the approaches required in research and policymaking.
