World Health Day: Our planet, our health
Creating equitable health for all.
The Climate crisis is the biggest health threat facing humanity.
Over 90% of people breathe unhealthy air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
A heating world is seeing mosquitos spread diseases farther and faster than ever before.
Land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and affecting their health.
Pollution and plastics are found at the bottom of our deepest oceans, the highest mountains, and have made their way into our food chain.
Our political, social, and commercial decisions are driving the climate and health crisis:
Systems that produce highly processed, unhealthy foods and beverages are driving a wave of obesity, increasing cancer and heart disease while generating a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Together, let us build generations without breaching ecological limits. The present design of the economy leads to inequitable distribution of income, wealth, and power, with too many people still living in poverty and instability. A well-being economy has human well-being, equity, and ecological sustainability as its goals.
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