Archive: 2021

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 95-108  |  PDF Giulia Gasparri, Omnia El Omrani, Rachael Hinton, David Imbago, Heeta Lakhani, Anshu Mohan, William Yeung, and Flavia Bustreo Abstract Climate change is the greatest challenge of our…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 121-138  |  PDF Chuan-Feng Wu Abstract Researchers and global policy makers are increasingly documenting negative health impacts from climate change, raising concerns for realizing the right to health.…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 139-151  |  PDF Thalia Viveros-Uehara Abstract Given that the health-related impacts of climate change in Latin America disproportionately affect the most marginalized sections of the population, there…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 153-165  |  PDF Diane F. Frey, Gillian MacNaughton, Andjela H. Kaur, and Elena K. Taborda Abstract Three crises—climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and extreme economic and social inequality—intersect…

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 253-267  |  PDF Brian Citro, Viorel Soltan, James Malar, Thandi Katlholo, Caoimhe Smyth, Ani Herna Sari, Olya Klymenko, and Maxime Lunga Abstract The global tuberculosis (TB) response has undergone a…

PDF Timothy Arvan The recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow took place amid intensifying scrutiny on global leaders for collective failures of ambition and resolve in mobilizing climate action. A pre-COP synthesis report by the United Nations…

PDF Vicente Silva Didier The enjoyment of the right to health across the world is under serious threat because of the adverse effects of climate change. Mounting evidence shows that climate change is leading to a global health catastrophe, hitting…

Gautam Gulati, Brendan D. Kelly, Alan Cusack, Shane Kilcommins, and Colum P. Dunne There are over 10 million people in prisons worldwide and people with disabilities are grossly over-represented among them. The prevalence of intellectual…

PDF Stephen Gasteyer World leaders and diplomats who gathered in Glasgow made pledges (often commitments to make future commitments) that demonstrated incremental progress in mitigating climate change, while mollifying powerful economic and…

Timothy Fish Hodgson, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Sharifah Sekalala, Ian Seiderman, Tomaso Falchetta, Thomas Schwarz, Letta Tayler, Sean Tait, Gerald Staberock, and Sara (Meg) Davis  The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be…