Archive: 2015

The start of the civil war in Syria may have been associated with climate change (image credit Freedom Syria) Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel Climate change causes or contributes to many adverse environmental consequences, including global…

Healthy Island communities in PNG get running water Jean Carmalt When leaders gather in Paris to discuss serious measures to address climate change this December, they will be surrounded by a city and region that, in recent decades, has spent its…

Cecilia Sorensen and Jay Lemery Irrefutable evidence demonstrates that human health depends on environmental health and that the protection of human rights and strict environmental standards are mutually reinforcing.1 By attempting to address root…

Climate change threatens the health of all people and the planet with its most severe effects on people who already struggle to enjoy their human rights. At the end of November world leaders will meet in Paris at the UN Climate Conference (COP21). The…

TPPA protests in Auckland, New Zealand (photo courtesy of Rhys Jones) Fran Quigley Earlier this month, representatives of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) parties announced they had concluded five years of negotiations by agreeing to…

SDG Goal 3: Good Health Eric A. Friedman “No one will be left behind.”1 The bold promise at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must guide their implementation. This requires utterly transforming the lives and opportunities of…