COVID-19 Lessons for Climate Change and Sustainable Health

Siddharth Srivastava, Fahad Khokhar, Archana Madhav, Billy Pembroke, Vignesh Shetty and Ankur Mutreja
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Siddharth Srivastava: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Fahad Khokhar: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
Archana Madhav: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
Billy Pembroke: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
Vignesh Shetty: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
Ankur Mutreja: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: The drivers underpinning the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and climate change attest to the fact that we are now living in the Anthropocene Epoch, with human activities significantly impacting and altering the global ecosystem. Here, we explore the historical context of zoonoses, the effect of anthropogenic climate change and interrelated drivers on the emergence of, and response to emerging infectious diseases. We call attention to an urgent need for inculcating a One Health research agenda that acknowledges the primary interconnection between animals, humans, pathogens, and their collective milieus to foster long term resilience across all systems within our shared planetary environment.

Keywords: emerging infectious diseases; COVID-19; climate change; antimicrobial resistance; non-communicable diseases; one health; anthropocene (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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