Planetary health: a new sociopolitical framework is urgently needed

More than 15 000 scientists proclaimed that urgent changes are needed to avoid the consequences of humanity's impact on the environment and reverse the trend of collapsing the delicate planetary health.3 To avoid the catastrophic consequences of the exploitation of earth's resources due to...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2018-03, Vol.391 (10126), p.1158-1158
Main Authors: Landires, Ivan, Nuñez-Samudio, Virginia, Apraez-Ippolito, Giovanni, Castro, Guillermo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Environmental impact
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
Social conditions
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Summary:More than 15 000 scientists proclaimed that urgent changes are needed to avoid the consequences of humanity's impact on the environment and reverse the trend of collapsing the delicate planetary health.3 To avoid the catastrophic consequences of the exploitation of earth's resources due to capitalism, we propose a new global sociopolitical framework that is urgently needed to protect and cultivate human health. To pursue improved planetary health, we need to transform the capitalist systems on the basis of liberal free markets into nurturing equitable systems to accomplish “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being”, as stated by the WHO constitution.4 Karl Marx was concerned about the health of our planet and has interested us in a way to nurture the environment and an equitable world with improved social conditions: “Even a whole society, a nation, or even all societies together, are not the owners of the globe.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30685-8