Climate emergency: what about activism?

Abbasi’s delineation of the climate and ecological crisis as a current health crisis is much appreciated.1 That he calls it an emergency, even more so. It is also important to note how this crisis, although felt globally, disproportionately harms indigenous and traditional communities, considering how the situation we are in now is tied up in colonialism, capitalism, and a particular view of Earth as belonging to us.In addition to citing evidence of the urgency and severity of the health effects of the crisis, Abbasi also points to ways in which clinicians are tackling it, particularly through important strategies on sustainable practice and legal processes. He does not, however, mention the rising number of climate activist clinicians. If the situation is indeed an emergency, then we need blue light action, which clinicians are increasingly taking—from lobbying and protesting to non-violent direct action—as they see that the response is not fast enough….
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